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Compare HASTA

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HASTA C
89.3%
of words eliminated

How HASTA performs

Played first, HASTA removes about 89.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.31 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, HASTA left an average of 251 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 639 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHASTA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.9%
Any green or yellow72.9%
Whole row gray27.1%
Worst case answers left639

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