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GIVES C
91.1%
of words eliminated

How GIVES performs

Played first, GIVES removes about 91.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.39 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, GIVES left an average of 212 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 490 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGIVES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.7%
Any green or yellow79.2%
Whole row gray20.8%
Worst case answers left490

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