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GREVE C
87.6%
of words eliminated

How GREVE performs

Played first, GREVE removes about 87.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.16 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,383 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, GREVE left an average of 287 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 709 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGREVE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.2%
Any green or yellow69.9%
Whole row gray30.1%
Worst case answers left709

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