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PORTA B
94.9%
of words eliminated

How PORTA performs

Played first, PORTA removes about 94.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.17 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, PORTA left an average of 120 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 315 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePORTA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.8%
Any green or yellow86.6%
Whole row gray13.4%
Worst case answers left315

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