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KVASS F
80.8%
of words eliminated

How KVASS performs

Played first, KVASS removes about 80.8% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.32 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, KVASS left an average of 451 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 883 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKVASS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.8%
Any green or yellow62.6%
Whole row gray37.4%
Worst case answers left883

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