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BOORD C
84.9%
of words eliminated

How BOORD performs

Played first, BOORD removes about 84.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.02 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, BOORD left an average of 349 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 804 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBOORD
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.8%
Any green or yellow65.9%
Whole row gray34.1%
Worst case answers left804

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