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BURGH C
86.6%
of words eliminated

How BURGH performs

Played first, BURGH removes about 86.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.09 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,803 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, BURGH left an average of 314 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 14, 2026, when the answer was STEAK and 712 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBURGH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.2%
Any green or yellow69.8%
Whole row gray30.2%
Worst case answers left712

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