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HAROS B
95.2%
of words eliminated

How HAROS performs

Played first, HAROS removes about 95.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.13 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,612 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, HAROS left an average of 114 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 295 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHAROS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.5%
Any green or yellow87.5%
Whole row gray12.5%
Worst case answers left295

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