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HOLLA C
90.2%
of words eliminated

How HOLLA performs

Played first, HOLLA removes about 90.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.25 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,568 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, HOLLA left an average of 228 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 511 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHOLLA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.5%
Any green or yellow78.3%
Whole row gray21.7%
Worst case answers left511

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