Opener Lab
Compare HAIRY
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How HAIRY performs
Played first, HAIRY removes about 94.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.98 bits of information. Roughly 41% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, HAIRY left an average of 127 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 293 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | HAIRY |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 41.1% |
| Any green or yellow | 87.6% |
| Whole row gray | 12.4% |
| Worst case answers left | 293 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.