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GRUND C
89.4%
of words eliminated

How GRUND performs

Played first, GRUND removes about 89.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.46 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,510 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, GRUND left an average of 252 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 632 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGRUND
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.1%
Any green or yellow73.2%
Whole row gray26.8%
Worst case answers left632

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