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HALLS C
89.9%
of words eliminated

How HALLS performs

Played first, HALLS removes about 89.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.26 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,468 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, HALLS left an average of 237 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 587 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHALLS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.6%
Any green or yellow75.1%
Whole row gray24.9%
Worst case answers left587

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