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GYBED C
87.9%
of words eliminated

How GYBED performs

Played first, GYBED removes about 87.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.07 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,003 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, GYBED left an average of 286 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 610 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGYBED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.6%
Any green or yellow74.1%
Whole row gray25.9%
Worst case answers left610

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