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PROOK F
85.0%
of words eliminated

How PROOK performs

Played first, PROOK removes about 85.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.88 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,240 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, PROOK left an average of 355 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 793 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePROOK
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.0%
Any green or yellow66.4%
Whole row gray33.6%
Worst case answers left793

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