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BULLY F
79.9%
of words eliminated

How BULLY performs

Played first, BULLY removes about 79.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.55 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,651 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 34% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, BULLY left an average of 484 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 976 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBULLY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green33.5%
Any green or yellow58.6%
Whole row gray41.4%
Worst case answers left976

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