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BURKA C
89.7%
of words eliminated

How BURKA performs

Played first, BURKA removes about 89.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.23 bits of information. 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, BURKA left an average of 243 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 515 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBURKA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.2%
Any green or yellow78.2%
Whole row gray21.8%
Worst case answers left515

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