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BACHS C
90.0%
of words eliminated

How BACHS performs

Played first, BACHS removes about 90.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.27 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,353 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, BACHS left an average of 235 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 577 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBACHS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.4%
Any green or yellow75.5%
Whole row gray24.5%
Worst case answers left577

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