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BARRO C
90.8%
of words eliminated

How BARRO performs

Played first, BARRO removes about 90.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.39 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,260 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, BARRO left an average of 213 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 7, 2026, when the answer was SLING and 509 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBARRO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.8%
Any green or yellow78.4%
Whole row gray21.6%
Worst case answers left509

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