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BELEE F
84.8%
of words eliminated

How BELEE performs

Played first, BELEE removes about 84.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.82 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,571 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, BELEE left an average of 351 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 809 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBELEE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green46.2%
Any green or yellow65.7%
Whole row gray34.3%
Worst case answers left809

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