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PORGY C
90.1%
of words eliminated

How PORGY performs

Played first, PORGY removes about 90.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.45 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,671 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, PORGY left an average of 237 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 591 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePORGY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.0%
Any green or yellow74.9%
Whole row gray25.1%
Worst case answers left591

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