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BLURT C
92.8%
of words eliminated

How BLURT performs

Played first, BLURT removes about 92.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.80 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,251 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 33% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, BLURT left an average of 166 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 412 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBLURT
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green33.2%
Any green or yellow82.5%
Whole row gray17.5%
Worst case answers left412

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