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KNURS C
90.3%
of words eliminated

How KNURS performs

Played first, KNURS removes about 90.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.31 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, KNURS left an average of 230 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 513 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKNURS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green18.7%
Any green or yellow78.3%
Whole row gray21.7%
Worst case answers left513

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