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PULAO C
93.0%
of words eliminated

How PULAO performs

Played first, PULAO removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.75 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,698 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, PULAO left an average of 166 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 353 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePULAO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.0%
Any green or yellow85.0%
Whole row gray15.0%
Worst case answers left353

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