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POEPS C
89.8%
of words eliminated

How POEPS performs

Played first, POEPS removes about 89.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.13 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,551 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, POEPS left an average of 243 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 466 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePOEPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.7%
Any green or yellow80.6%
Whole row gray19.4%
Worst case answers left466

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