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KIDDO F
82.0%
of words eliminated

How KIDDO performs

Played first, KIDDO removes about 82.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.38 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,126 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, KIDDO left an average of 421 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 833 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKIDDO
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green16.5%
Any green or yellow64.7%
Whole row gray35.3%
Worst case answers left833

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