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PORNO C
89.0%
of words eliminated

How PORNO performs

Played first, PORNO removes about 89.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.29 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, PORNO left an average of 259 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 633 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePORNO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.7%
Any green or yellow73.2%
Whole row gray26.8%
Worst case answers left633

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