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GYRED C
92.0%
of words eliminated

How GYRED performs

Played first, GYRED removes about 92.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.62 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,928 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, GYRED left an average of 189 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 459 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGYRED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.7%
Any green or yellow80.5%
Whole row gray19.5%
Worst case answers left459

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