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TABIS B
93.8%
of words eliminated

How TABIS performs

Played first, TABIS removes about 93.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.89 bits of information. 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, TABIS left an average of 147 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 405 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTABIS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.0%
Any green or yellow82.8%
Whole row gray17.2%
Worst case answers left405

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