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DASHY C
91.4%
of words eliminated

How DASHY performs

Played first, DASHY removes about 91.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.42 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,917 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, DASHY left an average of 208 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 495 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDASHY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.7%
Any green or yellow79.0%
Whole row gray21.0%
Worst case answers left495

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