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PROWL C
91.5%
of words eliminated

How PROWL performs

Played first, PROWL removes about 91.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,947 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, PROWL left an average of 202 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 503 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePROWL
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.1%
Any green or yellow78.7%
Whole row gray21.3%
Worst case answers left503

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