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COLLE C
92.7%
of words eliminated

How COLLE performs

Played first, COLLE removes about 92.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.72 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,949 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, COLLE left an average of 167 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 15, 2026, when the answer was PSHAW and 419 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOLLE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green41.9%
Any green or yellow82.2%
Whole row gray17.8%
Worst case answers left419

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