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HOSER B
95.4%
of words eliminated

How HOSER performs

Played first, HOSER removes about 95.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.26 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #925 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, HOSER left an average of 108 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 284 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHOSER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.5%
Any green or yellow88.0%
Whole row gray12.0%
Worst case answers left284

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