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GRAAL C
91.5%
of words eliminated

How GRAAL performs

Played first, GRAAL removes about 91.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.54 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, GRAAL left an average of 195 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 505 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGRAAL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.0%
Any green or yellow78.6%
Whole row gray21.4%
Worst case answers left505

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