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VOLED C
92.0%
of words eliminated

How VOLED performs

Played first, VOLED removes about 92.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.63 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, VOLED left an average of 185 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 458 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeVOLED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.3%
Any green or yellow80.6%
Whole row gray19.4%
Worst case answers left458

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