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BINKY F
84.7%
of words eliminated

How BINKY performs

Played first, BINKY removes about 84.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.86 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,346 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, BINKY left an average of 371 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 825 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBINKY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.4%
Any green or yellow65.0%
Whole row gray35.0%
Worst case answers left825

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