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COOLS C
89.5%
of words eliminated

How COOLS performs

Played first, COOLS removes about 89.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.31 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,080 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, COOLS left an average of 249 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 608 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOOLS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.2%
Any green or yellow74.2%
Whole row gray25.8%
Worst case answers left608

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