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PROBE B
93.9%
of words eliminated

How PROBE performs

Played first, PROBE removes about 93.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.99 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,570 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 37% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, PROBE left an average of 141 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 409 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePROBE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green37.3%
Any green or yellow82.7%
Whole row gray17.3%
Worst case answers left409

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