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VOILA C
93.0%
of words eliminated

How VOILA performs

Played first, VOILA removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.66 bits of information. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, VOILA left an average of 166 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 382 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeVOILA
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.4%
Any green or yellow86.6%
Whole row gray13.4%
Worst case answers left382

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