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KORUN C
91.2%
of words eliminated

How KORUN performs

Played first, KORUN removes about 91.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.54 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, KORUN left an average of 204 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 537 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKORUN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.1%
Any green or yellow77.2%
Whole row gray22.8%
Worst case answers left537

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