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GIMME F
87.2%
of words eliminated

How GIMME performs

Played first, GIMME removes about 87.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.93 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, GIMME left an average of 299 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 629 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGIMME
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.1%
Any green or yellow73.3%
Whole row gray26.7%
Worst case answers left629

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