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Compare GREPS

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GREPS C
93.1%
of words eliminated

How GREPS performs

Played first, GREPS removes about 93.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.73 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, GREPS left an average of 165 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 403 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGREPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.2%
Any green or yellow82.9%
Whole row gray17.1%
Worst case answers left403

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