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BOYGS C
87.6%
of words eliminated

How BOYGS performs

Played first, BOYGS removes about 87.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.03 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,314 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, BOYGS left an average of 297 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 677 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBOYGS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.1%
Any green or yellow71.3%
Whole row gray28.7%
Worst case answers left677

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