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BELAH B
93.6%
of words eliminated

How BELAH performs

Played first, BELAH removes about 93.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.90 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,277 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, BELAH left an average of 148 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 342 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBELAH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.5%
Any green or yellow85.5%
Whole row gray14.5%
Worst case answers left342

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