Opener Lab

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BLETS B
93.8%
of words eliminated

How BLETS performs

Played first, BLETS removes about 93.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.90 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, BLETS left an average of 144 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 358 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBLETS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.1%
Any green or yellow84.8%
Whole row gray15.2%
Worst case answers left358

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