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DELPH C
91.8%
of words eliminated

How DELPH performs

Played first, DELPH removes about 91.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.54 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, DELPH left an average of 194 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 468 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDELPH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.1%
Any green or yellow80.2%
Whole row gray19.8%
Worst case answers left468

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