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AHOLE A
96.2%
of words eliminated

How AHOLE performs

Played first, AHOLE removes about 96.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.41 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #429 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, AHOLE left an average of 86 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 211 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAHOLE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.0%
Any green or yellow92.1%
Whole row gray7.9%
Worst case answers left211

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