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Compare SONGO

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SONGO C
86.4%
of words eliminated

How SONGO performs

Played first, SONGO removes about 86.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.05 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, SONGO left an average of 321 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 773 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSONGO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.7%
Any green or yellow67.2%
Whole row gray32.8%
Worst case answers left773

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