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How DYING performs
Played first, DYING removes about 85.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.12 bits of information. Roughly 22% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, DYING left an average of 340 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 811 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | DYING |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 21.5% |
| Any green or yellow | 65.6% |
| Whole row gray | 34.4% |
| Worst case answers left | 811 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.