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BURRA C
88.4%
of words eliminated

How BURRA performs

Played first, BURRA removes about 88.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.09 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,834 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, BURRA left an average of 272 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 572 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBURRA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.7%
Any green or yellow75.7%
Whole row gray24.3%
Worst case answers left572

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