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BINGS C
88.2%
of words eliminated

How BINGS performs

Played first, BINGS removes about 88.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.17 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, BINGS left an average of 284 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 664 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBINGS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.0%
Any green or yellow71.9%
Whole row gray28.1%
Worst case answers left664

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