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Compare GUACO

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GUACO C
92.3%
of words eliminated

How GUACO performs

Played first, GUACO removes about 92.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.60 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, GUACO left an average of 180 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 411 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGUACO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.6%
Any green or yellow82.6%
Whole row gray17.4%
Worst case answers left411

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