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GULAB C
89.1%
of words eliminated

How GULAB performs

Played first, GULAB removes about 89.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.30 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, GULAB left an average of 257 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 607 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGULAB
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.8%
Any green or yellow74.3%
Whole row gray25.7%
Worst case answers left607

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