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BOXER C
90.8%
of words eliminated

How BOXER performs

Played first, BOXER removes about 90.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.32 bits of information. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, BOXER left an average of 214 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 501 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBOXER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green32.1%
Any green or yellow78.8%
Whole row gray21.2%
Worst case answers left501

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