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HELLO C
91.3%
of words eliminated

How HELLO performs

Played first, HELLO removes about 91.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.32 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,941 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 24% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, HELLO left an average of 202 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 11, 2026, when the answer was AVIAN and 416 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHELLO
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green24.2%
Any green or yellow82.4%
Whole row gray17.6%
Worst case answers left416

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