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KNURL C
91.4%
of words eliminated

How KNURL performs

Played first, KNURL removes about 91.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.42 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, KNURL left an average of 202 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 429 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKNURL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.9%
Any green or yellow81.8%
Whole row gray18.2%
Worst case answers left429

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