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COCOA F
83.1%
of words eliminated

How COCOA performs

Played first, COCOA removes about 83.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.52 bits of information. Roughly 28% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, COCOA left an average of 394 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 725 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOCOA
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green28.4%
Any green or yellow69.3%
Whole row gray30.7%
Worst case answers left725

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