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BOVID F
85.3%
of words eliminated

How BOVID performs

Played first, BOVID removes about 85.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.95 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,855 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, BOVID left an average of 337 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 780 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBOVID
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.5%
Any green or yellow66.9%
Whole row gray33.1%
Worst case answers left780

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