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BOLET B
95.0%
of words eliminated

How BOLET performs

Played first, BOLET removes about 95.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.22 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,097 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, BOLET left an average of 115 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 308 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBOLET
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.2%
Any green or yellow86.9%
Whole row gray13.1%
Worst case answers left308

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