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PERSP C
91.0%
of words eliminated

How PERSP performs

Played first, PERSP removes about 91.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.39 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,262 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, PERSP left an average of 215 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 499 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePERSP
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.7%
Any green or yellow78.8%
Whole row gray21.2%
Worst case answers left499

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