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BILLS F
86.4%
of words eliminated

How BILLS performs

Played first, BILLS removes about 86.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.94 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,888 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, BILLS left an average of 324 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 718 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBILLS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.7%
Any green or yellow69.6%
Whole row gray30.4%
Worst case answers left718

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