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BLAIN B
93.4%
of words eliminated

How BLAIN performs

Played first, BLAIN removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.93 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,981 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, BLAIN left an average of 156 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 442 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBLAIN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green34.1%
Any green or yellow81.3%
Whole row gray18.7%
Worst case answers left442

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