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AULOS B
94.4%
of words eliminated

How AULOS performs

Played first, AULOS removes about 94.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.98 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, AULOS left an average of 132 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 305 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAULOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.3%
Any green or yellow87.1%
Whole row gray12.9%
Worst case answers left305

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