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GLOAM C
91.9%
of words eliminated

How GLOAM performs

Played first, GLOAM removes about 91.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.66 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,619 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, GLOAM left an average of 187 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 475 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGLOAM
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.2%
Any green or yellow79.9%
Whole row gray20.1%
Worst case answers left475

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