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Compare ARGON

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ARGON B
94.0%
of words eliminated

How ARGON performs

Played first, ARGON removes about 94.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.02 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, ARGON left an average of 140 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 349 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeARGON
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.8%
Any green or yellow85.2%
Whole row gray14.8%
Worst case answers left349

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