Opener Lab

Compare URVAS

Pick a word to compare against.

URVAS C
92.7%
of words eliminated

How URVAS performs

Played first, URVAS removes about 92.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.51 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, URVAS left an average of 172 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 403 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeURVAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.2%
Any green or yellow82.9%
Whole row gray17.1%
Worst case answers left403

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