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HENTS B
93.9%
of words eliminated

How HENTS performs

Played first, HENTS removes about 93.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.97 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,677 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, HENTS left an average of 142 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 375 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHENTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.0%
Any green or yellow84.1%
Whole row gray15.9%
Worst case answers left375

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