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WAULK C
89.2%
of words eliminated

How WAULK performs

Played first, WAULK removes about 89.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.18 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, WAULK left an average of 256 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 613 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeWAULK
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.2%
Any green or yellow74.0%
Whole row gray26.0%
Worst case answers left613

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