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COHOG F
80.8%
of words eliminated

How COHOG performs

Played first, COHOG removes about 80.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.59 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, COHOG left an average of 444 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 964 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOHOG
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.2%
Any green or yellow59.1%
Whole row gray40.9%
Worst case answers left964

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