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HATTY C
87.9%
of words eliminated

How HATTY performs

Played first, HATTY removes about 87.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.08 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, HATTY left an average of 287 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 657 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHATTY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.0%
Any green or yellow72.1%
Whole row gray27.9%
Worst case answers left657

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