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Compare WALLA

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WALLA F
79.4%
of words eliminated

How WALLA performs

Played first, WALLA removes about 79.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.37 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, WALLA left an average of 482 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 967 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWALLA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.5%
Any green or yellow59.0%
Whole row gray41.0%
Worst case answers left967

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