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GYANS C
91.8%
of words eliminated

How GYANS performs

Played first, GYANS removes about 91.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.56 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, GYANS left an average of 196 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 493 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGYANS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.4%
Any green or yellow79.1%
Whole row gray20.9%
Worst case answers left493

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