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Compare GLOST

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GLOST B
93.7%
of words eliminated

How GLOST performs

Played first, GLOST removes about 93.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.97 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, GLOST left an average of 146 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 430 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGLOST
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.5%
Any green or yellow81.8%
Whole row gray18.2%
Worst case answers left430

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