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MONDO F
82.4%
of words eliminated

How MONDO performs

Played first, MONDO removes about 82.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.75 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, MONDO left an average of 406 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 907 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMONDO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.9%
Any green or yellow61.6%
Whole row gray38.4%
Worst case answers left907

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