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PRONG C
91.4%
of words eliminated

How PRONG performs

Played first, PRONG removes about 91.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.61 bits of information. Roughly 29% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, PRONG left an average of 204 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 552 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePRONG
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green29.4%
Any green or yellow76.6%
Whole row gray23.4%
Worst case answers left552

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