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BEROB C
90.4%
of words eliminated

How BEROB performs

Played first, BEROB removes about 90.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.19 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, BEROB left an average of 223 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 507 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBEROB
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.6%
Any green or yellow78.5%
Whole row gray21.5%
Worst case answers left507

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