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COCOS F
80.1%
of words eliminated

How COCOS performs

Played first, COCOS removes about 80.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.37 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,155 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, COCOS left an average of 470 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 931 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOCOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.2%
Any green or yellow60.5%
Whole row gray39.5%
Worst case answers left931

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