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GANTS B
93.5%
of words eliminated

How GANTS performs

Played first, GANTS removes about 93.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.88 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,486 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, GANTS left an average of 152 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 434 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGANTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.7%
Any green or yellow81.6%
Whole row gray18.4%
Worst case answers left434

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