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KNOLL F
85.5%
of words eliminated

How KNOLL performs

Played first, KNOLL removes about 85.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.84 bits of information. Roughly 25% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, KNOLL left an average of 338 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 784 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKNOLL
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green25.4%
Any green or yellow66.8%
Whole row gray33.2%
Worst case answers left784

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