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HOLME B
94.0%
of words eliminated

How HOLME performs

Played first, HOLME removes about 94.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.91 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,186 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, HOLME left an average of 138 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 11, 2026, when the answer was AVIAN and 344 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHOLME
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.1%
Any green or yellow85.4%
Whole row gray14.6%
Worst case answers left344

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