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GUBBA F
80.2%
of words eliminated

How GUBBA performs

Played first, GUBBA removes about 80.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.30 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,287 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, GUBBA left an average of 467 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 812 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGUBBA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green17.6%
Any green or yellow65.6%
Whole row gray34.4%
Worst case answers left812

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