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HAUDS C
92.0%
of words eliminated

How HAUDS performs

Played first, HAUDS removes about 92.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,995 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, HAUDS left an average of 189 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on June 28, 2026, when the answer was EMCEE and 460 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHAUDS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.1%
Any green or yellow80.5%
Whole row gray19.5%
Worst case answers left460

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