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COOPS F
85.4%
of words eliminated

How COOPS performs

Played first, COOPS removes about 85.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.94 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, COOPS left an average of 350 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 789 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOOPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.3%
Any green or yellow66.6%
Whole row gray33.4%
Worst case answers left789

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