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PLEBS C
91.7%
of words eliminated

How PLEBS performs

Played first, PLEBS removes about 91.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.54 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,804 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, PLEBS left an average of 198 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 453 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePLEBS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.3%
Any green or yellow80.8%
Whole row gray19.2%
Worst case answers left453

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