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PROWK C
86.8%
of words eliminated

How PROWK performs

Played first, PROWK removes about 86.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.02 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,392 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, PROWK left an average of 314 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 728 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePROWK
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.0%
Any green or yellow69.1%
Whole row gray30.9%
Worst case answers left728

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