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HABUS C
90.7%
of words eliminated

How HABUS performs

Played first, HABUS removes about 90.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.33 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, HABUS left an average of 221 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 526 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHABUS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.4%
Any green or yellow77.7%
Whole row gray22.3%
Worst case answers left526

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