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How POTCH performs
Played first, POTCH removes about 89.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.47 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,415 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 1,860 past Wordle answers, POTCH left an average of 248 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 653 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | POTCH |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0% |
| At least one green | 28.8% |
| Any green or yellow | 72.3% |
| Whole row gray | 27.7% |
| Worst case answers left | 653 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.