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BELAR B
95.3%
of words eliminated

How BELAR performs

Played first, BELAR removes about 95.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.30 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, BELAR left an average of 108 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 301 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBELAR
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.2%
Any green or yellow87.2%
Whole row gray12.8%
Worst case answers left301

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