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PRONK C
90.8%
of words eliminated

How PRONK performs

Played first, PRONK removes about 90.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,957 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, PRONK left an average of 216 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 565 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePRONK
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.4%
Any green or yellow76.0%
Whole row gray24.0%
Worst case answers left565

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