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BOBAC F
86.6%
of words eliminated

How BOBAC performs

Played first, BOBAC removes about 86.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.77 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,802 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, BOBAC left an average of 308 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 637 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBOBAC
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.7%
Any green or yellow73.0%
Whole row gray27.0%
Worst case answers left637

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