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BONZA F
87.5%
of words eliminated

How BONZA performs

Played first, BONZA removes about 87.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.92 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,043 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, BONZA left an average of 289 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 583 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBONZA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.2%
Any green or yellow75.3%
Whole row gray24.7%
Worst case answers left583

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