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BLINI F
85.3%
of words eliminated

How BLINI performs

Played first, BLINI removes about 85.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.84 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, BLINI left an average of 348 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 798 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBLINI
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.4%
Any green or yellow66.2%
Whole row gray33.8%
Worst case answers left798

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