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BLURB F
86.1%
of words eliminated

How BLURB performs

Played first, BLURB removes about 86.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.76 bits of information. Roughly 26% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, BLURB left an average of 326 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 664 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBLURB
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green25.9%
Any green or yellow71.9%
Whole row gray28.1%
Worst case answers left664

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