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GELTS B
94.5%
of words eliminated

How GELTS performs

Played first, GELTS removes about 94.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.97 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, GELTS left an average of 129 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 335 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGELTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.4%
Any green or yellow85.8%
Whole row gray14.2%
Worst case answers left335

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