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GENTY C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How GENTY performs

Played first, GENTY removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.68 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, GENTY left an average of 176 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 388 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGENTY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.0%
Any green or yellow83.6%
Whole row gray16.4%
Worst case answers left388

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