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DELTS B
94.9%
of words eliminated

How DELTS performs

Played first, DELTS removes about 94.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.04 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,176 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, DELTS left an average of 121 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 313 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDELTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.3%
Any green or yellow86.7%
Whole row gray13.3%
Worst case answers left313

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