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COOCH F
74.2%
of words eliminated

How COOCH performs

Played first, COOCH removes about 74.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.25 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,356 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, COOCH left an average of 599 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 1154 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOOCH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green35.0%
Any green or yellow51.1%
Whole row gray48.9%
Worst case answers left1154

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