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HURRA C
89.8%
of words eliminated

How HURRA performs

Played first, HURRA removes about 89.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.21 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,961 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, HURRA left an average of 238 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 8, 2026, when the answer was DEMON and 500 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHURRA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.5%
Any green or yellow78.8%
Whole row gray21.2%
Worst case answers left500

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