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GOVES C
91.6%
of words eliminated

How GOVES performs

Played first, GOVES removes about 91.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.42 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,005 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, GOVES left an average of 197 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 438 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGOVES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.6%
Any green or yellow81.4%
Whole row gray18.6%
Worst case answers left438

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