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Compare RETOX

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RETOX C
93.4%
of words eliminated

How RETOX performs

Played first, RETOX removes about 93.4% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.61 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, RETOX left an average of 151 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 383 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeRETOX
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green22.2%
Any green or yellow83.8%
Whole row gray16.2%
Worst case answers left383

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