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GIPON C
89.5%
of words eliminated

How GIPON performs

Played first, GIPON removes about 89.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.42 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, GIPON left an average of 250 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 631 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGIPON
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.5%
Any green or yellow73.3%
Whole row gray26.7%
Worst case answers left631

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