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BODGY F
83.7%
of words eliminated

How BODGY performs

Played first, BODGY removes about 83.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.90 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,154 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, BODGY left an average of 382 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 865 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBODGY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.3%
Any green or yellow63.3%
Whole row gray36.7%
Worst case answers left865

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