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BROKE C
93.1%
of words eliminated

How BROKE performs

Played first, BROKE removes about 93.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.77 bits of information. Roughly 39% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, BROKE left an average of 159 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 430 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBROKE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green38.7%
Any green or yellow81.8%
Whole row gray18.2%
Worst case answers left430

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