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PONTO C
87.8%
of words eliminated

How PONTO performs

Played first, PONTO removes about 87.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.15 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,441 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, PONTO left an average of 284 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 704 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePONTO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.2%
Any green or yellow70.1%
Whole row gray29.9%
Worst case answers left704

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