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HUERS B
93.9%
of words eliminated

How HUERS performs

Played first, HUERS removes about 93.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.94 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,956 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, HUERS left an average of 144 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 340 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHUERS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.3%
Any green or yellow85.6%
Whole row gray14.4%
Worst case answers left340

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