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How DITCH performs
Played first, DITCH removes about 89.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.44 bits of information. Roughly 25% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, DITCH left an average of 244 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 643 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | DITCH |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 24.8% |
| Any green or yellow | 72.7% |
| Whole row gray | 27.3% |
| Worst case answers left | 643 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.