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PALLA F
82.4%
of words eliminated

How PALLA performs

Played first, PALLA removes about 82.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.63 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, PALLA left an average of 417 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 885 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePALLA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.7%
Any green or yellow62.5%
Whole row gray37.5%
Worst case answers left885

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