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COOEY C
91.1%
of words eliminated

How COOEY performs

Played first, COOEY removes about 91.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.37 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #8,445 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, COOEY left an average of 212 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 431 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOOEY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green50.0%
Any green or yellow82.4%
Whole row gray17.6%
Worst case answers left431

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