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REBUD C
91.5%
of words eliminated

How REBUD performs

Played first, REBUD removes about 91.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.59 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,262 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 1,859 past Wordle answers, REBUD left an average of 200 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 482 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeREBUD
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.3%
Any green or yellow79.6%
Whole row gray20.4%
Worst case answers left482

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