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HADJI F
87.6%
of words eliminated

How HADJI performs

Played first, HADJI removes about 87.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.73 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,015 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, HADJI left an average of 290 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 581 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHADJI
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green18.3%
Any green or yellow75.4%
Whole row gray24.6%
Worst case answers left581

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