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GORED B
93.7%
of words eliminated

How GORED performs

Played first, GORED removes about 93.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.04 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, GORED left an average of 146 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 421 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGORED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.4%
Any green or yellow82.2%
Whole row gray17.8%
Worst case answers left421

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