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BIDED F
87.0%
of words eliminated

How BIDED performs

Played first, BIDED removes about 87.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.96 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,757 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, BIDED left an average of 303 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 640 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBIDED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.8%
Any green or yellow72.9%
Whole row gray27.1%
Worst case answers left640

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