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COSIE B
95.9%
of words eliminated

How COSIE performs

Played first, COSIE removes about 95.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.35 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, COSIE left an average of 97 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 260 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOSIE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green42.6%
Any green or yellow91.2%
Whole row gray8.8%
Worst case answers left260

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