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GHEES C
89.1%
of words eliminated

How GHEES performs

Played first, GHEES removes about 89.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.24 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, GHEES left an average of 253 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 619 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGHEES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.8%
Any green or yellow73.8%
Whole row gray26.2%
Worst case answers left619

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