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BIFID F
74.3%
of words eliminated

How BIFID performs

Played first, BIFID removes about 74.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.18 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,443 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, BIFID left an average of 601 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 1142 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBIFID
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.4%
Any green or yellow51.6%
Whole row gray48.4%
Worst case answers left1142

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