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KVELL F
82.0%
of words eliminated

How KVELL performs

Played first, KVELL removes about 82.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.44 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,985 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, KVELL left an average of 422 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 785 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeKVELL
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.3%
Any green or yellow66.7%
Whole row gray33.3%
Worst case answers left785

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