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BEMIX F
86.3%
of words eliminated

How BEMIX performs

Played first, BEMIX removes about 86.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.74 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, BEMIX left an average of 320 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 626 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBEMIX
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.5%
Any green or yellow73.5%
Whole row gray26.5%
Worst case answers left626

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