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DOOFS F
82.8%
of words eliminated

How DOOFS performs

Played first, DOOFS removes about 82.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.62 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,440 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, DOOFS left an average of 405 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 845 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDOOFS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.7%
Any green or yellow64.2%
Whole row gray35.8%
Worst case answers left845

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