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GARMS C
92.9%
of words eliminated

How GARMS performs

Played first, GARMS removes about 92.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.71 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,095 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, GARMS left an average of 169 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 419 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGARMS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.2%
Any green or yellow82.2%
Whole row gray17.8%
Worst case answers left419

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