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GARBO C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How GARBO performs

Played first, GARBO removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.65 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,670 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, GARBO left an average of 174 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 30, 2026, when the answer was PUPPY and 428 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGARBO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.4%
Any green or yellow81.8%
Whole row gray18.2%
Worst case answers left428

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