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HUGER C
92.8%
of words eliminated

How HUGER performs

Played first, HUGER removes about 92.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.73 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, HUGER left an average of 169 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 427 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHUGER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.8%
Any green or yellow81.9%
Whole row gray18.1%
Worst case answers left427

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