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BLIND C
89.3%
of words eliminated

How BLIND performs

Played first, BLIND removes about 89.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.48 bits of information. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, BLIND left an average of 251 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 672 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBLIND
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green30.9%
Any green or yellow71.5%
Whole row gray28.5%
Worst case answers left672

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