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KILOS C
92.3%
of words eliminated

How KILOS performs

Played first, KILOS removes about 92.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.53 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, KILOS left an average of 184 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 450 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKILOS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green19.9%
Any green or yellow80.9%
Whole row gray19.1%
Worst case answers left450

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