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DRYER C
90.1%
of words eliminated

How DRYER performs

Played first, DRYER removes about 90.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.30 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,186 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 30% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, DRYER left an average of 235 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 540 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDRYER
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green30.5%
Any green or yellow77.1%
Whole row gray22.9%
Worst case answers left540

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