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GOVED C
89.2%
of words eliminated

How GOVED performs

Played first, GOVED removes about 89.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.27 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,372 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, GOVED left an average of 250 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 577 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGOVED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.3%
Any green or yellow75.5%
Whole row gray24.5%
Worst case answers left577

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