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GULAS C
92.3%
of words eliminated

How GULAS performs

Played first, GULAS removes about 92.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.67 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,461 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, GULAS left an average of 184 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 454 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGULAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.7%
Any green or yellow80.7%
Whole row gray19.3%
Worst case answers left454

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