Opener Lab
Compare BRUSH
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How BRUSH performs
Played first, BRUSH removes about 90.7% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.48 bits of information. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, BRUSH left an average of 220 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 562 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | BRUSH |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 31.3% |
| Any green or yellow | 76.2% |
| Whole row gray | 23.8% |
| Worst case answers left | 562 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.