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Compare GUPPY
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How GUPPY performs
Played first, GUPPY removes about 74.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.12 bits of information. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, GUPPY left an average of 619 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 1128 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | GUPPY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 27.6% |
| Any green or yellow | 52.2% |
| Whole row gray | 47.8% |
| Worst case answers left | 1128 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.