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PUNTO C
91.4%
of words eliminated

How PUNTO performs

Played first, PUNTO removes about 91.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.60 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,141 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, PUNTO left an average of 199 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 537 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePUNTO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.3%
Any green or yellow77.2%
Whole row gray22.8%
Worst case answers left537

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