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Compare GRICE

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GRICE B
94.8%
of words eliminated

How GRICE performs

Played first, GRICE removes about 94.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.21 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, GRICE left an average of 122 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 353 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGRICE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.1%
Any green or yellow85.0%
Whole row gray15.0%
Worst case answers left353

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