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PACTA C
88.7%
of words eliminated

How PACTA performs

Played first, PACTA removes about 88.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.19 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,126 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, PACTA left an average of 265 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 650 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePACTA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.3%
Any green or yellow72.4%
Whole row gray27.6%
Worst case answers left650

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