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BEISA B
95.2%
of words eliminated

How BEISA performs

Played first, BEISA removes about 95.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.11 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, BEISA left an average of 114 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 239 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBEISA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.4%
Any green or yellow89.9%
Whole row gray10.1%
Worst case answers left239

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