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GARTH B
93.7%
of words eliminated

How GARTH performs

Played first, GARTH removes about 93.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.95 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, GARTH left an average of 145 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 408 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGARTH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.9%
Any green or yellow82.7%
Whole row gray17.3%
Worst case answers left408

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