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BRAID B
93.4%
of words eliminated

How BRAID performs

Played first, BRAID removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.91 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #3,210 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 35% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, BRAID left an average of 152 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 386 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBRAID
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green34.6%
Any green or yellow83.6%
Whole row gray16.4%
Worst case answers left386

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