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ONGON F
73.6%
of words eliminated

How ONGON performs

Played first, ONGON removes about 73.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.07 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,567 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, ONGON left an average of 615 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 1142 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeONGON
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green17.2%
Any green or yellow51.6%
Whole row gray48.4%
Worst case answers left1142

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