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LURRY C
89.0%
of words eliminated

How LURRY performs

Played first, LURRY removes about 89.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.10 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, LURRY left an average of 265 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 559 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLURRY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.3%
Any green or yellow76.3%
Whole row gray23.7%
Worst case answers left559

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