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KITHE C
93.0%
of words eliminated

How KITHE performs

Played first, KITHE removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.66 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,581 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, KITHE left an average of 162 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 10, 2026, when the answer was CANAL and 412 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKITHE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green30.8%
Any green or yellow82.5%
Whole row gray17.5%
Worst case answers left412

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