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GLARE A
96.2%
of words eliminated

How GLARE performs

Played first, GLARE removes about 96.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.53 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #189 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 40% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, GLARE left an average of 88 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 278 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGLARE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green39.5%
Any green or yellow88.2%
Whole row gray11.8%
Worst case answers left278

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