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POOHS F
83.8%
of words eliminated

How POOHS performs

Played first, POOHS removes about 83.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.80 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,690 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, POOHS left an average of 382 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 853 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePOOHS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.6%
Any green or yellow63.8%
Whole row gray36.2%
Worst case answers left853

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