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GAPOS C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How GAPOS performs

Played first, GAPOS removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.60 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,206 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, GAPOS left an average of 179 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 439 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGAPOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.1%
Any green or yellow81.4%
Whole row gray18.6%
Worst case answers left439

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