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How AFOUL performs
Played first, AFOUL removes about 92.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.53 bits of information. Roughly 24% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, AFOUL left an average of 180 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 387 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | AFOUL |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 23.8% |
| Any green or yellow | 83.8% |
| Whole row gray | 16.2% |
| Worst case answers left | 387 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.