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LONGE B
94.4%
of words eliminated

How LONGE performs

Played first, LONGE removes about 94.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.08 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,915 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, LONGE left an average of 130 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 347 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLONGE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.8%
Any green or yellow85.3%
Whole row gray14.7%
Worst case answers left347

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