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PFFTT F
69.0%
of words eliminated

How PFFTT performs

Played first, PFFTT removes about 69.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 2.67 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,794 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, PFFTT left an average of 733 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 1257 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePFFTT
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.0%
Any green or yellow46.7%
Whole row gray53.3%
Worst case answers left1257

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