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BURIN C
91.9%
of words eliminated

How BURIN performs

Played first, BURIN removes about 91.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.66 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,612 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 1,859 past Wordle answers, BURIN left an average of 193 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 495 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBURIN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.7%
Any green or yellow79.0%
Whole row gray21.0%
Worst case answers left495

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