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PANDA C
87.3%
of words eliminated

How PANDA performs

Played first, PANDA removes about 87.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.02 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,383 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, PANDA left an average of 300 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 698 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePANDA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.8%
Any green or yellow70.4%
Whole row gray29.6%
Worst case answers left698

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