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PSORA B
94.2%
of words eliminated

How PSORA performs

Played first, PSORA removes about 94.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.93 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, PSORA left an average of 138 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 328 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePSORA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.9%
Any green or yellow86.1%
Whole row gray13.9%
Worst case answers left328

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