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POMME C
88.2%
of words eliminated

How POMME performs

Played first, POMME removes about 88.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.02 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, POMME left an average of 274 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 584 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePOMME
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.7%
Any green or yellow75.2%
Whole row gray24.8%
Worst case answers left584

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