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BLINY C
90.2%
of words eliminated

How BLINY performs

Played first, BLINY removes about 90.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.49 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, BLINY left an average of 236 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 624 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBLINY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.6%
Any green or yellow73.5%
Whole row gray26.5%
Worst case answers left624

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