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DROOG C
85.8%
of words eliminated

How DROOG performs

Played first, DROOG removes about 85.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.04 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,220 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, DROOG left an average of 330 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 776 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDROOG
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.8%
Any green or yellow67.1%
Whole row gray32.9%
Worst case answers left776

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