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TIGON C
92.0%
of words eliminated

How TIGON performs

Played first, TIGON removes about 92.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.76 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, TIGON left an average of 185 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 521 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTIGON
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.2%
Any green or yellow77.9%
Whole row gray22.1%
Worst case answers left521

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