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TOTTY F
81.0%
of words eliminated

How TOTTY performs

Played first, TOTTY removes about 81.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.39 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,093 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, TOTTY left an average of 448 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 920 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTOTTY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.1%
Any green or yellow61.0%
Whole row gray39.0%
Worst case answers left920

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