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GLOVE C
91.9%
of words eliminated

How GLOVE performs

Played first, GLOVE removes about 91.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.59 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,313 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 35% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, GLOVE left an average of 186 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 462 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGLOVE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green34.6%
Any green or yellow80.4%
Whole row gray19.6%
Worst case answers left462

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