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TURPS C
91.9%
of words eliminated

How TURPS performs

Played first, TURPS removes about 91.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.72 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,959 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, TURPS left an average of 193 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 502 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTURPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.7%
Any green or yellow78.7%
Whole row gray21.3%
Worst case answers left502

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