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COLZA C
90.4%
of words eliminated

How COLZA performs

Played first, COLZA removes about 90.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.25 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, COLZA left an average of 224 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 506 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOLZA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green26.2%
Any green or yellow78.6%
Whole row gray21.4%
Worst case answers left506

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