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DONOR C
89.0%
of words eliminated

How DONOR performs

Played first, DONOR removes about 89.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.35 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,675 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, DONOR left an average of 257 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 641 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDONOR
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.4%
Any green or yellow72.8%
Whole row gray27.2%
Worst case answers left641

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