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GOURA B
93.4%
of words eliminated

How GOURA performs

Played first, GOURA removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.84 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, GOURA left an average of 155 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 371 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeGOURA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.0%
Any green or yellow86.6%
Whole row gray13.4%
Worst case answers left371

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