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SONGY C
90.7%
of words eliminated

How SONGY performs

Played first, SONGY removes about 90.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.54 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, SONGY left an average of 225 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 600 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeSONGY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green43.6%
Any green or yellow74.6%
Whole row gray25.4%
Worst case answers left600

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