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GENOM C
91.6%
of words eliminated

How GENOM performs

Played first, GENOM removes about 91.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.58 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, GENOM left an average of 193 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 440 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGENOM
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.1%
Any green or yellow81.3%
Whole row gray18.7%
Worst case answers left440

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