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COUTH C
90.4%
of words eliminated

How COUTH performs

Played first, COUTH removes about 90.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.64 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,756 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, COUTH left an average of 220 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 617 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOUTH
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green31.7%
Any green or yellow73.8%
Whole row gray26.2%
Worst case answers left617

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