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GULFY F
83.4%
of words eliminated

How GULFY performs

Played first, GULFY removes about 83.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.83 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, GULFY left an average of 402 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 862 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGULFY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.7%
Any green or yellow63.5%
Whole row gray36.5%
Worst case answers left862

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