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BELGA C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How BELGA performs

Played first, BELGA removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.69 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, BELGA left an average of 175 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 392 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBELGA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.9%
Any green or yellow83.4%
Whole row gray16.6%
Worst case answers left392

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