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BOYSY F
84.1%
of words eliminated

How BOYSY performs

Played first, BOYSY removes about 84.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.60 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,487 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, BOYSY left an average of 384 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 814 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBOYSY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.2%
Any green or yellow65.5%
Whole row gray34.5%
Worst case answers left814

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