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COHEN B
93.6%
of words eliminated

How COHEN performs

Played first, COHEN removes about 93.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.94 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, COHEN left an average of 149 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 5, 2026, when the answer was SWAMI and 360 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOHEN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.6%
Any green or yellow84.7%
Whole row gray15.3%
Worst case answers left360

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