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PLASH B
92.6%
of words eliminated

How PLASH performs

Played first, PLASH removes about 92.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.88 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,511 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, PLASH left an average of 174 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 493 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePLASH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.0%
Any green or yellow79.1%
Whole row gray20.9%
Worst case answers left493

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