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BENIS B
93.6%
of words eliminated

How BENIS performs

Played first, BENIS removes about 93.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.83 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,957 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, BENIS left an average of 152 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 366 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBENIS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.0%
Any green or yellow84.5%
Whole row gray15.5%
Worst case answers left366

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