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DYKED F
83.3%
of words eliminated

How DYKED performs

Played first, DYKED removes about 83.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.40 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,082 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, DYKED left an average of 398 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 724 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDYKED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.7%
Any green or yellow69.3%
Whole row gray30.7%
Worst case answers left724

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