Opener Lab

Compare COTED

Pick a word to compare against.

COTED B
94.7%
of words eliminated

How COTED performs

Played first, COTED removes about 94.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.12 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, COTED left an average of 123 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 330 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOTED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.4%
Any green or yellow86.0%
Whole row gray14.0%
Worst case answers left330

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