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DICTY C
90.5%
of words eliminated

How DICTY performs

Played first, DICTY removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.41 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,073 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, DICTY left an average of 226 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 571 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDICTY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.4%
Any green or yellow75.8%
Whole row gray24.2%
Worst case answers left571

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