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COCAS C
90.5%
of words eliminated

How COCAS performs

Played first, COCAS removes about 90.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.23 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, COCAS left an average of 223 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 490 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOCAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.5%
Any green or yellow79.2%
Whole row gray20.8%
Worst case answers left490

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