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POMAS C
91.8%
of words eliminated

How POMAS performs

Played first, POMAS removes about 91.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.60 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, POMAS left an average of 196 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 476 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePOMAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.7%
Any green or yellow79.8%
Whole row gray20.2%
Worst case answers left476

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