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PEINS B
94.0%
of words eliminated

How PEINS performs

Played first, PEINS removes about 94.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.02 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, PEINS left an average of 146 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 363 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePEINS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.2%
Any green or yellow84.6%
Whole row gray15.4%
Worst case answers left363

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