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GORSY C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How GORSY performs

Played first, GORSY removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.74 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, GORSY left an average of 181 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 459 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGORSY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green37.4%
Any green or yellow80.5%
Whole row gray19.5%
Worst case answers left459

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