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POMPA F
84.9%
of words eliminated

How POMPA performs

Played first, POMPA removes about 84.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.70 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,127 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, POMPA 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 661 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePOMPA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.4%
Any green or yellow72.0%
Whole row gray28.0%
Worst case answers left661

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