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Compare BAILE

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BAILE A
95.8%
of words eliminated

How BAILE performs

Played first, BAILE removes about 95.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.43 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, BAILE left an average of 96 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 268 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBAILE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green45.4%
Any green or yellow88.6%
Whole row gray11.4%
Worst case answers left268

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