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POYNT C
91.8%
of words eliminated

How POYNT performs

Played first, POYNT removes about 91.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.68 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, POYNT left an average of 194 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 544 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePOYNT
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.0%
Any green or yellow76.9%
Whole row gray23.1%
Worst case answers left544

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