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PINUP F
83.9%
of words eliminated

How PINUP performs

Played first, PINUP removes about 83.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.72 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,028 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, PINUP left an average of 388 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 847 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePINUP
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.5%
Any green or yellow64.1%
Whole row gray35.9%
Worst case answers left847

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