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HEYED C
88.2%
of words eliminated

How HEYED performs

Played first, HEYED removes about 88.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.08 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,953 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, HEYED left an average of 280 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 637 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHEYED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.3%
Any green or yellow73.0%
Whole row gray27.0%
Worst case answers left637

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