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GIRRS C
89.3%
of words eliminated

How GIRRS performs

Played first, GIRRS removes about 89.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.17 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,274 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, GIRRS left an average of 258 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 590 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGIRRS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.8%
Any green or yellow75.0%
Whole row gray25.0%
Worst case answers left590

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