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GYBES C
90.9%
of words eliminated

How GYBES performs

Played first, GYBES removes about 90.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.22 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,865 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, GYBES left an average of 221 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 472 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGYBES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.4%
Any green or yellow80.0%
Whole row gray20.0%
Worst case answers left472

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