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GRADE B
95.0%
of words eliminated

How GRADE performs

Played first, GRADE removes about 95.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.27 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #874 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 38% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, GRADE left an average of 114 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 348 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer 2 times.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGRADE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green38.4%
Any green or yellow85.2%
Whole row gray14.8%
Worst case answers left348

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