Opener Lab

Compare COWRY

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COWRY C
89.9%
of words eliminated

How COWRY performs

Played first, COWRY removes about 89.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.37 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, COWRY left an average of 242 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 591 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOWRY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.4%
Any green or yellow74.9%
Whole row gray25.1%
Worst case answers left591

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