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GLIFF F
79.6%
of words eliminated

How GLIFF performs

Played first, GLIFF removes about 79.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.41 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, GLIFF left an average of 483 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 975 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGLIFF
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.3%
Any green or yellow58.7%
Whole row gray41.3%
Worst case answers left975

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