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PIZES C
90.5%
of words eliminated

How PIZES performs

Played first, PIZES removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.24 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,654 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, PIZES left an average of 229 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 500 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePIZES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.1%
Any green or yellow78.8%
Whole row gray21.2%
Worst case answers left500

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