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HASPS F
86.2%
of words eliminated

How HASPS performs

Played first, HASPS removes about 86.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.85 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,428 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, HASPS left an average of 329 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 722 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHASPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.0%
Any green or yellow69.4%
Whole row gray30.6%
Worst case answers left722

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