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TANGI B
93.2%
of words eliminated

How TANGI performs

Played first, TANGI removes about 93.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.81 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, TANGI left an average of 158 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 1, 2026, when the answer was DEMUR and 418 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTANGI
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.3%
Any green or yellow82.3%
Whole row gray17.7%
Worst case answers left418

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