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PURRY F
85.2%
of words eliminated

How PURRY performs

Played first, PURRY removes about 85.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.89 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, PURRY left an average of 362 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 781 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomePURRY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.8%
Any green or yellow66.9%
Whole row gray33.1%
Worst case answers left781

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