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GENUA B
93.3%
of words eliminated

How GENUA performs

Played first, GENUA removes about 93.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.81 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,147 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, GENUA left an average of 158 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 317 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGENUA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.9%
Any green or yellow87.4%
Whole row gray12.6%
Worst case answers left317

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