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KNAPS C
89.8%
of words eliminated

How KNAPS performs

Played first, KNAPS removes about 89.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.27 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, KNAPS left an average of 241 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 584 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKNAPS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.1%
Any green or yellow75.2%
Whole row gray24.8%
Worst case answers left584

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