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TWONK C
87.2%
of words eliminated

How TWONK performs

Played first, TWONK removes about 87.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.11 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,676 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, TWONK left an average of 295 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 723 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeTWONK
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.5%
Any green or yellow69.3%
Whole row gray30.7%
Worst case answers left723

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