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COUCH F
82.9%
of words eliminated

How COUCH performs

Played first, COUCH removes about 82.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.78 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,775 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, COUCH left an average of 396 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 886 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOUCH
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green31.1%
Any green or yellow62.4%
Whole row gray37.6%
Worst case answers left886

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