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How GUNKY performs

Played first, GUNKY removes about 81.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.71 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,068 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,875 past Wordle answers, GUNKY left an average of 444 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on August 5, 2026, when the answer was POSIT and 942 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

Outcome	GUNKY
First-turn solve*	0.04%
At least one green	29.6%
Any green or yellow	60.1%
Whole row gray	39.9%
Worst case answers left	942

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

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Understanding results

Elimination %: How much of the possible-answer list the guess rules out on average.
Avg turns: Average guesses needed by the same solver in games it finished within six.
Win rate: Share of answers the solver finished within six guesses.
Information: First-turn entropy in bits; higher means more informative feedback on average.
Tier: A band for first-turn information only: S is 5.8 bits or more, A 5.4, B 4.8, C 4.0, F below that. It describes the opening row, so a tier A word can still lead the six-turn table below.

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