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COWKS F
84.9%
of words eliminated

How COWKS performs

Played first, COWKS removes about 84.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.85 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,449 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, COWKS left an average of 357 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 795 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOWKS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.2%
Any green or yellow66.3%
Whole row gray33.7%
Worst case answers left795

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