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GENTS B
93.9%
of words eliminated

How GENTS performs

Played first, GENTS removes about 93.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.90 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, GENTS left an average of 143 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 386 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGENTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.4%
Any green or yellow83.6%
Whole row gray16.4%
Worst case answers left386

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