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PINNY F
83.1%
of words eliminated

How PINNY performs

Played first, PINNY removes about 83.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.76 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, PINNY left an average of 412 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 879 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePINNY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.9%
Any green or yellow62.7%
Whole row gray37.3%
Worst case answers left879

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