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COPSY C
90.3%
of words eliminated

How COPSY performs

Played first, COPSY removes about 90.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.47 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, COPSY left an average of 237 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 611 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOPSY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green37.8%
Any green or yellow74.1%
Whole row gray25.9%
Worst case answers left611

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