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KEROS B
94.4%
of words eliminated

How KEROS performs

Played first, KEROS removes about 94.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.87 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, KEROS left an average of 131 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 11, 2026, when the answer was AVIAN and 319 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKEROS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green23.2%
Any green or yellow86.5%
Whole row gray13.5%
Worst case answers left319

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