Opener Lab

Compare COOKY

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COOKY F
80.4%
of words eliminated

How COOKY performs

Played first, COOKY removes about 80.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.54 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, COOKY left an average of 468 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 972 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOOKY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.1%
Any green or yellow58.8%
Whole row gray41.2%
Worst case answers left972

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