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GYRAL C
93.2%
of words eliminated

How GYRAL performs

Played first, GYRAL removes about 93.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.76 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, GYRAL left an average of 161 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 380 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGYRAL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.2%
Any green or yellow83.9%
Whole row gray16.1%
Worst case answers left380

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