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How DEBAR performs
Played first, DEBAR removes about 94.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.06 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,048 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, DEBAR left an average of 138 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 369 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | DEBAR |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 28.5% |
| Any green or yellow | 84.4% |
| Whole row gray | 15.6% |
| Worst case answers left | 369 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.