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COPSE B
94.4%
of words eliminated

How COPSE performs

Played first, COPSE removes about 94.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.09 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #1,843 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 40% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, COPSE left an average of 133 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 11, 2026, when the answer was AVIAN and 330 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOPSE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green40.4%
Any green or yellow86.0%
Whole row gray14.0%
Worst case answers left330

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