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DANDY F
86.4%
of words eliminated

How DANDY performs

Played first, DANDY removes about 86.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.90 bits of information. Roughly 34% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, DANDY left an average of 324 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 708 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDANDY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green33.6%
Any green or yellow70.0%
Whole row gray30.0%
Worst case answers left708

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