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BEVER C
86.3%
of words eliminated

How BEVER performs

Played first, BEVER removes about 86.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.03 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,309 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, BEVER left an average of 317 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 733 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBEVER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.7%
Any green or yellow68.9%
Whole row gray31.1%
Worst case answers left733

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