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PANIM C
91.7%
of words eliminated

How PANIM performs

Played first, PANIM removes about 91.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.65 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,703 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, PANIM left an average of 199 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 499 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePANIM
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.1%
Any green or yellow78.8%
Whole row gray21.2%
Worst case answers left499

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