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PORAL B
95.1%
of words eliminated

How PORAL performs

Played first, PORAL removes about 95.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.22 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,133 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, PORAL left an average of 116 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 301 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePORAL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.7%
Any green or yellow87.2%
Whole row gray12.8%
Worst case answers left301

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