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BINKS C
87.1%
of words eliminated

How BINKS performs

Played first, BINKS removes about 87.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.04 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, BINKS left an average of 309 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 714 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBINKS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.9%
Any green or yellow69.7%
Whole row gray30.3%
Worst case answers left714

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