Opener Lab

Compare DOGGO

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DOGGO F
71.0%
of words eliminated

How DOGGO performs

Played first, DOGGO removes about 71.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 2.93 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, DOGGO left an average of 674 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 1216 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDOGGO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.8%
Any green or yellow48.5%
Whole row gray51.5%
Worst case answers left1216

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