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COZEN C
91.5%
of words eliminated

How COZEN performs

Played first, COZEN removes about 91.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.43 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, COZEN left an average of 199 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 445 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeCOZEN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green33.8%
Any green or yellow81.1%
Whole row gray18.9%
Worst case answers left445

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