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EXULS C
90.0%
of words eliminated

How EXULS performs

Played first, EXULS removes about 90.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.12 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,665 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, EXULS left an average of 238 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 462 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEXULS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green18.0%
Any green or yellow80.4%
Whole row gray19.6%
Worst case answers left462

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