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POMOS F
82.5%
of words eliminated

How POMOS performs

Played first, POMOS removes about 82.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.72 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, POMOS left an average of 418 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 888 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePOMOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.9%
Any green or yellow62.4%
Whole row gray37.6%
Worst case answers left888

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