Opener Lab

Compare BEANS

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BEANS B
94.8%
of words eliminated

How BEANS performs

Played first, BEANS removes about 94.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.10 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,767 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, BEANS left an average of 120 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 6, 2026, when the answer was TODDY and 305 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBEANS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.0%
Any green or yellow87.1%
Whole row gray12.9%
Worst case answers left305

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