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PRISM C
92.1%
of words eliminated

How PRISM performs

Played first, PRISM removes about 92.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.68 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,347 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, PRISM left an average of 193 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 504 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePRISM
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.0%
Any green or yellow78.6%
Whole row gray21.4%
Worst case answers left504

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