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HAZER C
93.6%
of words eliminated

How HAZER performs

Played first, HAZER removes about 93.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.62 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,999 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, HAZER left an average of 149 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 366 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHAZER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.1%
Any green or yellow84.5%
Whole row gray15.5%
Worst case answers left366

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