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PROLE A
96.0%
of words eliminated

How PROLE performs

Played first, PROLE removes about 96.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.45 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #326 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, PROLE left an average of 94 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 11, 2026, when the answer was AVIAN and 290 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePROLE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green41.4%
Any green or yellow87.7%
Whole row gray12.3%
Worst case answers left290

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