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How BUNKO performs
Played first, BUNKO removes about 84.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.91 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,067 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 1,860 past Wordle answers, BUNKO left an average of 353 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 809 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | BUNKO |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 22.8% |
| Any green or yellow | 65.7% |
| Whole row gray | 34.3% |
| Worst case answers left | 809 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.