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ALLYL F
81.5%
of words eliminated

How ALLYL performs

Played first, ALLYL removes about 81.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.34 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,205 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, ALLYL left an average of 438 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 862 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeALLYL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.5%
Any green or yellow63.4%
Whole row gray36.6%
Worst case answers left862

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