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PEYSE C
90.4%
of words eliminated

How PEYSE performs

Played first, PEYSE removes about 90.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.42 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, PEYSE left an average of 233 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 581 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePEYSE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.5%
Any green or yellow75.4%
Whole row gray24.6%
Worst case answers left581

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