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DOUGH C
87.1%
of words eliminated

How DOUGH performs

Played first, DOUGH removes about 87.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.18 bits of information. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, DOUGH left an average of 298 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 14, 2026, when the answer was STEAK and 749 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDOUGH
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green27.7%
Any green or yellow68.2%
Whole row gray31.8%
Worst case answers left749

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