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GOYLE B
94.0%
of words eliminated

How GOYLE performs

Played first, GOYLE removes about 94.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.90 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,291 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, GOYLE left an average of 140 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 323 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGOYLE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green37.3%
Any green or yellow86.3%
Whole row gray13.7%
Worst case answers left323

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