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PADAM F
83.9%
of words eliminated

How PADAM performs

Played first, PADAM removes about 83.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.79 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,713 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, PADAM left an average of 381 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 843 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePADAM
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.8%
Any green or yellow64.2%
Whole row gray35.8%
Worst case answers left843

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