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PERTS B
94.9%
of words eliminated

How PERTS performs

Played first, PERTS removes about 94.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.19 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,245 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, PERTS left an average of 122 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 336 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePERTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.1%
Any green or yellow85.8%
Whole row gray14.2%
Worst case answers left336

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