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BYDED F
83.9%
of words eliminated

How BYDED performs

Played first, BYDED removes about 83.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.56 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,635 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, BYDED left an average of 383 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 723 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBYDED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.6%
Any green or yellow69.3%
Whole row gray30.7%
Worst case answers left723

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