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SURRA C
91.9%
of words eliminated

How SURRA performs

Played first, SURRA removes about 91.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 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, SURRA left an average of 194 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 439 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSURRA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.8%
Any green or yellow81.4%
Whole row gray18.6%
Worst case answers left439

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