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DUMPY F
81.4%
of words eliminated

How DUMPY performs

Played first, DUMPY removes about 81.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.73 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,020 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 27% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, DUMPY left an average of 452 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 950 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDUMPY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green27.3%
Any green or yellow59.7%
Whole row gray40.3%
Worst case answers left950

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