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COLIN B
93.6%
of words eliminated

How COLIN performs

Played first, COLIN removes about 93.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.01 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,412 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, COLIN left an average of 152 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 16, 2026, when the answer was BUTTE and 452 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOLIN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.5%
Any green or yellow80.8%
Whole row gray19.2%
Worst case answers left452

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