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GYELD C
90.5%
of words eliminated

How GYELD performs

Played first, GYELD removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.41 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,030 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, GYELD left an average of 225 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 488 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGYELD
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.4%
Any green or yellow79.3%
Whole row gray20.7%
Worst case answers left488

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