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POYOU F
82.8%
of words eliminated

How POYOU performs

Played first, POYOU removes about 82.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.61 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,461 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, POYOU left an average of 417 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 880 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePOYOU
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.6%
Any green or yellow62.7%
Whole row gray37.3%
Worst case answers left880

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