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LABRA C
90.1%
of words eliminated

How LABRA performs

Played first, LABRA removes about 90.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.29 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, LABRA left an average of 230 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 13, 2026, when the answer was STOUT and 545 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLABRA
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.5%
Any green or yellow76.9%
Whole row gray23.1%
Worst case answers left545

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