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GLEBE C
88.2%
of words eliminated

How GLEBE performs

Played first, GLEBE removes about 88.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.22 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,801 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, GLEBE left an average of 274 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 685 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGLEBE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.7%
Any green or yellow70.9%
Whole row gray29.1%
Worst case answers left685

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