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PAVID C
89.1%
of words eliminated

How PAVID performs

Played first, PAVID removes about 89.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.22 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, PAVID left an average of 257 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 581 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePAVID
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.9%
Any green or yellow75.4%
Whole row gray24.6%
Worst case answers left581

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