5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TOXIC

Yes, TOXIC was the Wordle answer on March 5, 2023 (Wordle #624).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɒk.sɪk//ˈtɑk.sɪk/

Adjective

Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.

“Tobacco smoke contains many toxic substances.”

Adjective

Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems.

“The child appeared toxic on arrival at the hospital.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: March 5, 2023 (#624).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TOXIC performs as a guess

TOXIC is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.4% of games, misses completely in 25.6%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,785 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

T___C T in the 1st position and C in the 5th position T__I_ T in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__C O in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

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SERAL RINSE SALET ARSON CARLE DROLE
Words starting with T Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOXIC performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,785 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOXIC ranks #10,785 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
745
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C U M I N
T O P I C
T O X I C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TOXIC in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

604
244
207
181
168
155
83
65
62
61
57
56
46
36
36
34
28
27
19
16
13
9
9
9
9
8
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOXIC:

26% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
10% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

25.6% →
SERAL 6.15 bits
10.3% →
RINSE 5.31 bits
8.8% →
SALET 5.71 bits
7.7% →
ARSON 5.27 bits
7.1% →
CARLE 5.64 bits
6.6% →
DROLE 4.63 bits
3.5% →
SHIRT 4.40 bits
2.8% →
STRAE 4.22 bits
2.6% →
PLANE 4.75 bits
2.6% →
RANSE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for TOXIC; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

T1O1X8I1C3
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.