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BOOBY F
71.8%
of words eliminated

How BOOBY performs

Played first, BOOBY removes about 71.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 2.90 bits of information. Roughly 39% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, BOOBY left an average of 671 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 1189 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBOOBY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green39.2%
Any green or yellow49.6%
Whole row gray50.4%
Worst case answers left1189

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