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GOXES C
90.9%
of words eliminated

How GOXES performs

Played first, GOXES removes about 90.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.18 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,183 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, GOXES left an average of 215 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 457 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGOXES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.0%
Any green or yellow80.6%
Whole row gray19.4%
Worst case answers left457

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