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DESHI C
92.9%
of words eliminated

How DESHI performs

Played first, DESHI removes about 92.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.59 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,235 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, DESHI left an average of 169 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 377 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDESHI
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green18.4%
Any green or yellow84.0%
Whole row gray16.0%
Worst case answers left377

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