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JULIA C
90.0%
of words eliminated

How JULIA performs

Played first, JULIA removes about 90.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.07 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, JULIA left an average of 239 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 441 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeJULIA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.9%
Any green or yellow82.0%
Whole row gray18.0%
Worst case answers left441

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