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BINGY C
85.5%
of words eliminated

How BINGY performs

Played first, BINGY removes about 85.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.03 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,291 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, BINGY left an average of 349 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 799 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBINGY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.1%
Any green or yellow66.1%
Whole row gray33.9%
Worst case answers left799

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