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KEBOB F
84.9%
of words eliminated

How KEBOB performs

Played first, KEBOB removes about 84.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.45 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,952 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, KEBOB left an average of 351 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 616 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKEBOB
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green18.5%
Any green or yellow73.9%
Whole row gray26.1%
Worst case answers left616

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