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DOXES C
91.4%
of words eliminated

How DOXES performs

Played first, DOXES removes about 91.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.27 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #9,401 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, DOXES 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 443 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeDOXES
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green28.8%
Any green or yellow81.2%
Whole row gray18.8%
Worst case answers left443

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