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AHULL C
88.7%
of words eliminated

How AHULL performs

Played first, AHULL removes about 88.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.16 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, AHULL left an average of 261 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 609 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAHULL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.9%
Any green or yellow74.2%
Whole row gray25.8%
Worst case answers left609

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