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PLUCK C
84.9%
of words eliminated

How PLUCK performs

Played first, PLUCK removes about 84.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.03 bits of information. Roughly 26% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, PLUCK left an average of 356 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 822 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePLUCK
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green25.9%
Any green or yellow65.2%
Whole row gray34.8%
Worst case answers left822

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