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PULKA C
89.0%
of words eliminated

How PULKA performs

Played first, PULKA removes about 89.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.21 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,891 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, PULKA left an average of 263 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 582 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePULKA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.4%
Any green or yellow75.3%
Whole row gray24.7%
Worst case answers left582

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