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DEENS C
91.0%
of words eliminated

How DEENS performs

Played first, DEENS removes about 91.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.47 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,461 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, DEENS left an average of 211 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 522 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDEENS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.9%
Any green or yellow77.9%
Whole row gray22.1%
Worst case answers left522

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