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CORNY B
93.1%
of words eliminated

How CORNY performs

Played first, CORNY removes about 93.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.90 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,269 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 41% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, CORNY left an average of 165 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 450 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCORNY
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green41.2%
Any green or yellow80.9%
Whole row gray19.1%
Worst case answers left450

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