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GELEE F
85.6%
of words eliminated

How GELEE performs

Played first, GELEE removes about 85.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.89 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,219 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, GELEE left an average of 333 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 781 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGELEE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green45.0%
Any green or yellow66.9%
Whole row gray33.1%
Worst case answers left781

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