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BANKY C
87.5%
of words eliminated

How BANKY performs

Played first, BANKY removes about 87.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.10 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,772 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, BANKY left an average of 298 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 684 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBANKY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.5%
Any green or yellow71.0%
Whole row gray29.0%
Worst case answers left684

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