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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
| Outcome | KNEED |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 26.3% |
| Any green or yellow | 70.1% |
| Whole row gray | 29.9% |
| Worst case answers left | 706 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.