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HULAS C
92.9%
of words eliminated

How HULAS performs

Played first, HULAS removes about 92.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.72 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,945 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, HULAS left an average of 167 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 424 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHULAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.2%
Any green or yellow82.0%
Whole row gray18.0%
Worst case answers left424

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