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KEMPS C
88.3%
of words eliminated

How KEMPS performs

Played first, KEMPS removes about 88.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.02 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,377 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 1,859 past Wordle answers, KEMPS left an average of 277 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 595 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKEMPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green16.9%
Any green or yellow74.8%
Whole row gray25.2%
Worst case answers left595

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