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CONEY B
94.1%
of words eliminated

How CONEY performs

Played first, CONEY removes about 94.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.99 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,531 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, CONEY left an average of 140 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 347 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCONEY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green45.2%
Any green or yellow87.9%
Whole row gray12.1%
Worst case answers left347

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