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DIPSO C
91.3%
of words eliminated

How DIPSO performs

Played first, DIPSO removes about 91.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.52 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #6,992 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, DIPSO left an average of 209 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 521 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDIPSO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.4%
Any green or yellow77.9%
Whole row gray22.1%
Worst case answers left521

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