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HEATH C
92.3%
of words eliminated

How HEATH performs

Played first, HEATH removes about 92.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 bits of information. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, HEATH left an average of 178 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 7, 2026, when the answer was SLING and 398 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHEATH
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.5%
Any green or yellow83.1%
Whole row gray16.9%
Worst case answers left398

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