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KINDS C
88.0%
of words eliminated

How KINDS performs

Played first, KINDS removes about 88.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.12 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, KINDS left an average of 286 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 683 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKINDS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green18.1%
Any green or yellow71.0%
Whole row gray29.0%
Worst case answers left683

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