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PINKY F
85.6%
of words eliminated

How PINKY performs

Played first, PINKY removes about 85.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.99 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,565 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, PINKY left an average of 350 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 796 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePINKY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green30.8%
Any green or yellow66.2%
Whole row gray33.8%
Worst case answers left796

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