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DIELS B
94.5%
of words eliminated

How DIELS performs

Played first, DIELS removes about 94.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.06 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, DIELS left an average of 132 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 322 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDIELS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.3%
Any green or yellow86.4%
Whole row gray13.6%
Worst case answers left322

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