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BOYED C
91.4%
of words eliminated

How BOYED performs

Played first, BOYED removes about 91.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.51 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,082 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, BOYED left an average of 204 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 439 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBOYED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.8%
Any green or yellow81.4%
Whole row gray18.6%
Worst case answers left439

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