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BROND C
91.3%
of words eliminated

How BROND performs

Played first, BROND removes about 91.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.67 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #5,513 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, BROND left an average of 202 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 554 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBROND
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green32.4%
Any green or yellow76.5%
Whole row gray23.5%
Worst case answers left554

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