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KNURR F
85.5%
of words eliminated

How KNURR performs

Played first, KNURR removes about 85.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.78 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, KNURR left an average of 344 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 766 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKNURR
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.7%
Any green or yellow67.5%
Whole row gray32.5%
Worst case answers left766

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