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GENIC C
92.4%
of words eliminated

How GENIC performs

Played first, GENIC removes about 92.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.68 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,350 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, GENIC left an average of 179 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 431 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGENIC
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.0%
Any green or yellow81.7%
Whole row gray18.3%
Worst case answers left431

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