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BOODY F
79.3%
of words eliminated

How BOODY performs

Played first, BOODY removes about 79.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.56 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, BOODY left an average of 490 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 1009 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBOODY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green39.8%
Any green or yellow57.2%
Whole row gray42.8%
Worst case answers left1009

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