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PETOS B
94.5%
of words eliminated

How PETOS performs

Played first, PETOS removes about 94.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.00 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,470 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 1,860 past Wordle answers, PETOS left an average of 130 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 310 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePETOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.9%
Any green or yellow86.9%
Whole row gray13.1%
Worst case answers left310

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