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PULLS F
84.3%
of words eliminated

How PULLS performs

Played first, PULLS removes about 84.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.87 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,326 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, PULLS left an average of 380 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 831 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePULLS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.2%
Any green or yellow64.8%
Whole row gray35.2%
Worst case answers left831

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