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BREYS C
93.4%
of words eliminated

How BREYS performs

Played first, BREYS removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.64 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,750 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, BREYS left an average of 158 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 353 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBREYS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green24.3%
Any green or yellow85.0%
Whole row gray15.0%
Worst case answers left353

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