Opener Lab

Compare GRABS

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GRABS C
92.7%
of words eliminated

How GRABS performs

Played first, GRABS removes about 92.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.63 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, GRABS left an average of 173 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 431 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGRABS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.7%
Any green or yellow81.7%
Whole row gray18.3%
Worst case answers left431

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