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GLEES C
91.4%
of words eliminated

How GLEES performs

Played first, GLEES removes about 91.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.54 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, GLEES left an average of 202 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 521 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGLEES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.3%
Any green or yellow77.9%
Whole row gray22.1%
Worst case answers left521

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