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KALPA F
84.6%
of words eliminated

How KALPA performs

Played first, KALPA removes about 84.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.75 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #12,881 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, KALPA left an average of 367 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 809 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKALPA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green21.8%
Any green or yellow65.7%
Whole row gray34.3%
Worst case answers left809

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