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KELTS C
93.7%
of words eliminated

How KELTS performs

Played first, KELTS removes about 93.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.77 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #4,484 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, KELTS left an average of 148 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 368 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKELTS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.0%
Any green or yellow84.4%
Whole row gray15.6%
Worst case answers left368

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