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LUXER C
92.6%
of words eliminated

How LUXER performs

Played first, LUXER removes about 92.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.46 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, LUXER left an average of 175 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 385 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLUXER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.5%
Any green or yellow83.7%
Whole row gray16.3%
Worst case answers left385

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