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KININ F
71.3%
of words eliminated

How KININ performs

Played first, KININ removes about 71.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 2.93 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #14,671 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, KININ left an average of 681 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 1216 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKININ
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.1%
Any green or yellow48.4%
Whole row gray51.6%
Worst case answers left1216

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