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KALAS C
87.7%
of words eliminated

How KALAS performs

Played first, KALAS removes about 87.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.06 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, KALAS left an average of 291 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 692 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKALAS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.1%
Any green or yellow70.7%
Whole row gray29.3%
Worst case answers left692

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