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PENNE F
85.5%
of words eliminated

How PENNE performs

Played first, PENNE removes about 85.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.89 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,169 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 41% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, PENNE left an average of 338 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 790 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePENNE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green40.9%
Any green or yellow66.5%
Whole row gray33.5%
Worst case answers left790

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