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PORTY B
92.9%
of words eliminated

How PORTY performs

Played first, PORTY removes about 92.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.84 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, PORTY left an average of 171 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 454 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePORTY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.1%
Any green or yellow80.8%
Whole row gray19.2%
Worst case answers left454

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