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BESEE F
84.9%
of words eliminated

How BESEE performs

Played first, BESEE removes about 84.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.75 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, BESEE left an average of 353 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 792 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBESEE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green45.2%
Any green or yellow66.4%
Whole row gray33.6%
Worst case answers left792

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