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PRISS C
89.3%
of words eliminated

How PRISS performs

Played first, PRISS removes about 89.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.22 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,839 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, PRISS left an average of 260 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 606 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePRISS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.4%
Any green or yellow74.3%
Whole row gray25.7%
Worst case answers left606

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