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PEERY C
90.7%
of words eliminated

How PEERY performs

Played first, PEERY removes about 90.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.45 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, PEERY left an average of 223 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 524 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePEERY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green39.0%
Any green or yellow77.8%
Whole row gray22.2%
Worst case answers left524

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