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GENII C
88.4%
of words eliminated

How GENII performs

Played first, GENII removes about 88.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.07 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,971 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, GENII left an average of 273 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 584 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGENII
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.2%
Any green or yellow75.2%
Whole row gray24.8%
Worst case answers left584

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