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PACKS C
88.6%
of words eliminated

How PACKS performs

Played first, PACKS removes about 88.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.22 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, PACKS left an average of 273 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 652 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePACKS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.2%
Any green or yellow72.4%
Whole row gray27.6%
Worst case answers left652

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