Opener Lab

Compare EMONG

Pick a word to compare against.

EMONG C
90.4%
of words eliminated

How EMONG performs

Played first, EMONG removes about 90.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.40 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, EMONG left an average of 222 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 499 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeEMONG
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.1%
Any green or yellow81.3%
Whole row gray18.7%
Worst case answers left499

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