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PLAZA F
82.5%
of words eliminated

How PLAZA performs

Played first, PLAZA removes about 82.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.54 bits of information. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, PLAZA left an average of 413 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 871 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePLAZA
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green27.5%
Any green or yellow63.1%
Whole row gray36.9%
Worst case answers left871

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