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BROSE B
95.3%
of words eliminated

How BROSE performs

Played first, BROSE removes about 95.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.27 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, BROSE left an average of 109 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 321 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeBROSE
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green40.4%
Any green or yellow86.4%
Whole row gray13.6%
Worst case answers left321

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