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COGIE B
94.5%
of words eliminated

How COGIE performs

Played first, COGIE removes about 94.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.04 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, COGIE left an average of 127 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 14, 2026, when the answer was STEAK and 314 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOGIE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green42.1%
Any green or yellow87.2%
Whole row gray12.8%
Worst case answers left314

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