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BRISE B
95.5%
of words eliminated

How BRISE performs

Played first, BRISE removes about 95.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.31 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, BRISE left an average of 107 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 302 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBRISE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green41.1%
Any green or yellow87.2%
Whole row gray12.8%
Worst case answers left302

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