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CONTO C
88.6%
of words eliminated

How CONTO performs

Played first, CONTO removes about 88.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.29 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, CONTO left an average of 263 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 684 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCONTO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.3%
Any green or yellow71.0%
Whole row gray29.0%
Worst case answers left684

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