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POSTE B
95.0%
of words eliminated

How POSTE performs

Played first, POSTE removes about 95.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.24 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, POSTE left an average of 117 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 310 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePOSTE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.1%
Any green or yellow86.9%
Whole row gray13.1%
Worst case answers left310

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