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PORKY C
89.1%
of words eliminated

How PORKY performs

Played first, PORKY removes about 89.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.27 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,390 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, PORKY left an average of 262 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 626 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePORKY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.1%
Any green or yellow73.5%
Whole row gray26.5%
Worst case answers left626

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