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PARVO C
92.2%
of words eliminated

How PARVO performs

Played first, PARVO removes about 92.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.56 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, PARVO left an average of 184 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 452 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePARVO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.5%
Any green or yellow80.8%
Whole row gray19.2%
Worst case answers left452

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