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LEMUR B
94.2%
of words eliminated

How LEMUR performs

Played first, LEMUR removes about 94.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.91 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,201 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 25% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, LEMUR left an average of 136 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 324 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLEMUR
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green25.2%
Any green or yellow86.3%
Whole row gray13.7%
Worst case answers left324

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