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DOLEE B
93.1%
of words eliminated

How DOLEE performs

Played first, DOLEE removes about 93.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.84 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,852 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, DOLEE left an average of 160 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 471 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDOLEE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green45.9%
Any green or yellow80.0%
Whole row gray20.0%
Worst case answers left471

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