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HURRY F
85.8%
of words eliminated

How HURRY performs

Played first, HURRY removes about 85.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.85 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,392 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, HURRY left an average of 342 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 731 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHURRY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green32.0%
Any green or yellow69.0%
Whole row gray31.0%
Worst case answers left731

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