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POUPT F
86.6%
of words eliminated

How POUPT performs

Played first, POUPT removes about 86.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.99 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,542 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 1,858 past Wordle answers, POUPT left an average of 312 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 743 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePOUPT
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.5%
Any green or yellow68.5%
Whole row gray31.5%
Worst case answers left743

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