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GROOM F
85.2%
of words eliminated

How GROOM performs

Played first, GROOM removes about 85.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.93 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,937 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 27% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, GROOM left an average of 345 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 790 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGROOM
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green27.4%
Any green or yellow66.5%
Whole row gray33.5%
Worst case answers left790

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