Opener Lab

Compare GROVY

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GROVY C
88.3%
of words eliminated

How GROVY performs

Played first, GROVY removes about 88.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.15 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, GROVY left an average of 280 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 672 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGROVY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.6%
Any green or yellow71.5%
Whole row gray28.5%
Worst case answers left672

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