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Forty seven words put P first and I third, and more than half of them open with PRI.
R takes the second box in twenty five of the forty seven, fifty three percent. A follows on seven, L on five and O on four.
So the first question is whether the second letter is R. Answer it and you have either the large branch or a remainder of sixteen words spread across three small ones.
PRICE, PRIDE, PRIME, PRINT, PRIOR and PRIZE are all common, which is a strong hit rate for a branch this size. PRICK, PRIED and PRISM sit behind them.
The catch is how alike they are. PRIED, PRIER and PRIES differ only at the end, PRICE and PRICY do the same, and PRIMA, PRIME, PRIMI, PRIMO, PRIMS and PRIMY all sit on one stem.
S closes eleven of the forty seven, twenty three percent, and E another nine. Between them they take twenty of the page.
N leads the fourth box on ten words, with S and M on seven each. Only three words repeat a letter, so a visible double narrows things sharply here.
It is the best single assumption on the page at twenty five of the forty seven, but PAINT, POINT and PLIED show the other branches are live.
They differ in two boxes and both are common, so either works. PRINT tests T at the end, which fewer words here take.
A French infantryman of the First World War. It is the only word here with O in the second box and U in the fourth.