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GYVED F
86.2%
of words eliminated

How GYVED performs

Played first, GYVED removes about 86.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.86 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,369 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, GYVED left an average of 328 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 678 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGYVED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.4%
Any green or yellow71.2%
Whole row gray28.8%
Worst case answers left678

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