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KNEED C
86.9%
of words eliminated

How KNEED performs

Played first, KNEED removes about 86.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.01 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #11,432 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 26% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, KNEED left an average of 305 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 706 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKNEED
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green26.3%
Any green or yellow70.1%
Whole row gray29.9%
Worst case answers left706

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