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KELIM C
91.9%
of words eliminated

How KELIM performs

Played first, KELIM removes about 91.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.47 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #7,411 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, KELIM left an average of 191 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 432 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKELIM
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.5%
Any green or yellow81.7%
Whole row gray18.3%
Worst case answers left432

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