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COPEN B
93.7%
of words eliminated

How COPEN performs

Played first, COPEN removes about 93.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.98 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,592 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, COPEN left an average of 148 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 5, 2026, when the answer was SWAMI and 361 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOPEN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.9%
Any green or yellow84.7%
Whole row gray15.3%
Worst case answers left361

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