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HEXES F
85.9%
of words eliminated

How HEXES performs

Played first, HEXES removes about 85.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.72 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,066 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, HEXES left an average of 330 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 731 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHEXES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.6%
Any green or yellow69.0%
Whole row gray31.0%
Worst case answers left731

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