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GOSSE C
91.3%
of words eliminated

How GOSSE performs

Played first, GOSSE removes about 91.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.41 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, GOSSE left an average of 204 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 461 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGOSSE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.4%
Any green or yellow80.5%
Whole row gray19.5%
Worst case answers left461

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