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BERRY C
89.0%
of words eliminated

How BERRY performs

Played first, BERRY removes about 89.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.15 bits of information. Roughly 38% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, BERRY left an average of 264 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 547 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBERRY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green37.9%
Any green or yellow76.8%
Whole row gray23.2%
Worst case answers left547

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