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GERNE C
91.8%
of words eliminated

How GERNE performs

Played first, GERNE removes about 91.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.75 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,664 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, GERNE left an average of 189 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 544 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGERNE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green41.3%
Any green or yellow76.9%
Whole row gray23.1%
Worst case answers left544

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