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PUPPY F
66.4%
of words eliminated

How PUPPY performs

Played first, PUPPY removes about 66.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 2.57 bits of information. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, PUPPY left an average of 818 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 1311 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePUPPY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green28.5%
Any green or yellow44.4%
Whole row gray55.6%
Worst case answers left1311

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