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KAMES C
93.3%
of words eliminated

How KAMES performs

Played first, KAMES removes about 93.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.65 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, KAMES left an average of 157 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 376 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKAMES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.7%
Any green or yellow84.1%
Whole row gray15.9%
Worst case answers left376

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