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GULPS C
87.9%
of words eliminated

How GULPS performs

Played first, GULPS removes about 87.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.18 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,209 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, GULPS left an average of 292 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 687 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGULPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green19.6%
Any green or yellow70.9%
Whole row gray29.1%
Worst case answers left687

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