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PARVE B
94.0%
of words eliminated

How PARVE performs

Played first, PARVE removes about 94.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.99 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,571 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 1,860 past Wordle answers, PARVE left an average of 138 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 401 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePARVE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green37.7%
Any green or yellow83.0%
Whole row gray17.0%
Worst case answers left401

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