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BOWEL C
91.8%
of words eliminated

How BOWEL performs

Played first, BOWEL removes about 91.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.57 bits of information. Roughly 34% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, BOWEL left an average of 192 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 454 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBOWEL
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green33.7%
Any green or yellow80.8%
Whole row gray19.2%
Worst case answers left454

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