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APRES B
95.7%
of words eliminated

How APRES performs

Played first, APRES removes about 95.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.30 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, APRES left an average of 103 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 279 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeAPRES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.5%
Any green or yellow88.2%
Whole row gray11.8%
Worst case answers left279

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