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MOONG F
80.7%
of words eliminated

How MOONG performs

Played first, MOONG removes about 80.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.70 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, MOONG left an average of 446 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 976 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMOONG
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.9%
Any green or yellow58.6%
Whole row gray41.4%
Worst case answers left976

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