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COIFS C
91.3%
of words eliminated

How COIFS performs

Played first, COIFS removes about 91.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.47 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,426 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, COIFS left an average of 207 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 527 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOIFS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.3%
Any green or yellow77.7%
Whole row gray22.3%
Worst case answers left527

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