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GUSLI C
90.8%
of words eliminated

How GUSLI performs

Played first, GUSLI removes about 90.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.45 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,673 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, GUSLI left an average of 222 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 542 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGUSLI
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.3%
Any green or yellow77.0%
Whole row gray23.0%
Worst case answers left542

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