Opener Lab
Compare BUGGY
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How BUGGY performs
Played first, BUGGY removes about 72.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.01 bits of information. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, BUGGY left an average of 672 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 1187 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | BUGGY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 30.9% |
| Any green or yellow | 49.7% |
| Whole row gray | 50.3% |
| Worst case answers left | 1187 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.