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BELLY F
86.8%
of words eliminated

How BELLY performs

Played first, BELLY removes about 86.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.95 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,854 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 36% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, BELLY left an average of 316 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 592 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBELLY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green35.8%
Any green or yellow74.9%
Whole row gray25.1%
Worst case answers left592

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