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PRIZE C
92.5%
of words eliminated

How PRIZE performs

Played first, PRIZE removes about 92.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.60 bits of information. Roughly 38% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, PRIZE left an average of 178 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 455 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePRIZE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green37.8%
Any green or yellow80.7%
Whole row gray19.3%
Worst case answers left455

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