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PIETA B
95.1%
of words eliminated

How PIETA performs

Played first, PIETA removes about 95.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.18 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, PIETA left an average of 116 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 241 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePIETA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.6%
Any green or yellow89.8%
Whole row gray10.2%
Worst case answers left241

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