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BALLS C
88.3%
of words eliminated

How BALLS performs

Played first, BALLS removes about 88.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.14 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,507 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, BALLS left an average of 276 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 652 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBALLS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.1%
Any green or yellow72.3%
Whole row gray27.7%
Worst case answers left652

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