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GREGE F
86.3%
of words eliminated

How GREGE performs

Played first, GREGE removes about 86.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.89 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, GREGE left an average of 317 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 743 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGREGE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.5%
Any green or yellow68.5%
Whole row gray31.5%
Worst case answers left743

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