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CURIO B
93.8%
of words eliminated

How CURIO performs

Played first, CURIO removes about 93.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.92 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,139 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, CURIO left an average of 146 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 382 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCURIO
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green28.8%
Any green or yellow83.8%
Whole row gray16.2%
Worst case answers left382

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