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GNARR C
90.8%
of words eliminated

How GNARR performs

Played first, GNARR removes about 90.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.39 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, GNARR left an average of 214 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 550 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGNARR
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.1%
Any green or yellow76.7%
Whole row gray23.3%
Worst case answers left550

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