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DEMON C
92.3%
of words eliminated

How DEMON performs

Played first, DEMON removes about 92.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.68 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,356 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 24% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, DEMON left an average of 177 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 411 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDEMON
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green24.3%
Any green or yellow82.6%
Whole row gray17.4%
Worst case answers left411

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