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COEDS B
93.7%
of words eliminated

How COEDS performs

Played first, COEDS removes about 93.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.86 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, COEDS left an average of 148 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 360 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOEDS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green29.1%
Any green or yellow86.9%
Whole row gray13.1%
Worst case answers left360

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