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Compare COSET

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COSET A
95.7%
of words eliminated

How COSET performs

Played first, COSET removes about 95.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.40 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, COSET left an average of 100 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 11, 2026, when the answer was AVIAN and 266 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOSET
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.5%
Any green or yellow88.7%
Whole row gray11.3%
Worst case answers left266

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