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PURAO B
94.0%
of words eliminated

How PURAO performs

Played first, PURAO removes about 94.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.92 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,112 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, PURAO left an average of 143 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 313 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePURAO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.6%
Any green or yellow87.0%
Whole row gray13.0%
Worst case answers left313

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