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GOBBI F
81.5%
of words eliminated

How GOBBI performs

Played first, GOBBI removes about 81.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.33 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,213 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, GOBBI left an average of 430 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 850 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGOBBI
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green19.7%
Any green or yellow64.0%
Whole row gray36.0%
Worst case answers left850

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