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GORAL B
94.9%
of words eliminated

How GORAL performs

Played first, GORAL removes about 94.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.15 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,499 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, GORAL left an average of 119 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 302 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGORAL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.3%
Any green or yellow87.2%
Whole row gray12.8%
Worst case answers left302

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