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GRODY C
90.1%
of words eliminated

How GRODY performs

Played first, GRODY removes about 90.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.49 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,285 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, GRODY left an average of 236 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 614 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGRODY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.3%
Any green or yellow74.0%
Whole row gray26.0%
Worst case answers left614

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