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DETOX C
91.1%
of words eliminated

How DETOX performs

Played first, DETOX removes about 91.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.26 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,484 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 23% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, DETOX left an average of 203 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 462 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDETOX
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green22.8%
Any green or yellow80.4%
Whole row gray19.6%
Worst case answers left462

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