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DILLS C
87.9%
of words eliminated

How DILLS performs

Played first, DILLS removes about 87.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.08 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, DILLS left an average of 290 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 664 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDILLS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.2%
Any green or yellow71.9%
Whole row gray28.1%
Worst case answers left664

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