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KHEER C
89.3%
of words eliminated

How KHEER performs

Played first, KHEER removes about 89.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.22 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,836 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, KHEER left an average of 248 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 606 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKHEER
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.9%
Any green or yellow74.3%
Whole row gray25.7%
Worst case answers left606

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