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HEIRS B
95.3%
of words eliminated

How HEIRS performs

Played first, HEIRS removes about 95.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.22 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,132 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, HEIRS left an average of 111 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 280 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHEIRS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.8%
Any green or yellow88.1%
Whole row gray11.9%
Worst case answers left280

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