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GANOF C
90.6%
of words eliminated

How GANOF performs

Played first, GANOF removes about 90.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.44 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, GANOF left an average of 220 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 521 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGANOF
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.1%
Any green or yellow77.9%
Whole row gray22.1%
Worst case answers left521

*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.