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TANGO B
93.6%
of words eliminated

How TANGO performs

Played first, TANGO removes about 93.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.89 bits of information. Roughly 26% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, TANGO left an average of 146 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 400 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTANGO
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green26.4%
Any green or yellow83.0%
Whole row gray17.0%
Worst case answers left400

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