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PROEM B
93.7%
of words eliminated

How PROEM performs

Played first, PROEM removes about 93.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.01 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,372 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, PROEM left an average of 148 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 396 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePROEM
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green37.2%
Any green or yellow83.2%
Whole row gray16.8%
Worst case answers left396

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