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GILLY F
84.0%
of words eliminated

How GILLY performs

Played first, GILLY removes about 84.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.82 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,593 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, GILLY left an average of 383 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 829 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGILLY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.1%
Any green or yellow64.8%
Whole row gray35.2%
Worst case answers left829

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