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DULSE B
94.4%
of words eliminated

How DULSE performs

Played first, DULSE removes about 94.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.10 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,771 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, DULSE left an average of 133 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 373 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDULSE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.8%
Any green or yellow84.2%
Whole row gray15.8%
Worst case answers left373

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