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DOOMY F
80.0%
of words eliminated

How DOOMY performs

Played first, DOOMY removes about 80.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.64 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,377 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, DOOMY left an average of 473 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 994 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDOOMY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green38.5%
Any green or yellow57.8%
Whole row gray42.2%
Worst case answers left994

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