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Compare ABOIL

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ABOIL B
93.4%
of words eliminated

How ABOIL performs

Played first, ABOIL removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.81 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, ABOIL left an average of 153 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 351 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeABOIL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.7%
Any green or yellow87.5%
Whole row gray12.5%
Worst case answers left351

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