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APPRO C
90.2%
of words eliminated

How APPRO performs

Played first, APPRO removes about 90.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.13 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, APPRO left an average of 231 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 472 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAPPRO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green18.3%
Any green or yellow80.0%
Whole row gray20.0%
Worst case answers left472

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