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BURAS C
93.2%
of words eliminated

How BURAS performs

Played first, BURAS removes about 93.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.76 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,600 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, BURAS left an average of 160 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 378 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBURAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.0%
Any green or yellow84.0%
Whole row gray16.0%
Worst case answers left378

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