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POPPY F
72.9%
of words eliminated

How POPPY performs

Played first, POPPY removes about 72.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 2.81 bits of information. Roughly 32% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, POPPY left an average of 654 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 1138 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePOPPY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green32.0%
Any green or yellow51.8%
Whole row gray48.2%
Worst case answers left1138

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