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GROKS C
90.7%
of words eliminated

How GROKS performs

Played first, GROKS removes about 90.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.36 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,504 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, GROKS left an average of 220 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 538 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGROKS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.9%
Any green or yellow77.2%
Whole row gray22.8%
Worst case answers left538

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