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How BETEL performs
Played first, BETEL removes about 91.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.62 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,972 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 35% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, BETEL left an average of 193 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 511 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | BETEL |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 35.2% |
| Any green or yellow | 78.3% |
| Whole row gray | 21.7% |
| Worst case answers left | 511 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.