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GRIME B
93.9%
of words eliminated

How GRIME performs

Played first, GRIME removes about 93.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.00 bits of information. Roughly 37% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, GRIME left an average of 142 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 397 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGRIME
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green37.4%
Any green or yellow83.2%
Whole row gray16.8%
Worst case answers left397

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