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#1585 Wordle Answer and Hints for 2025-10-21 - DETOX

Date: 2025-10-21

Hi! I'm a Wordle fan from China. Here's my Wordle strategy for 2025/10/21. I like to open with SHOUT and ALIKE - together they cover all five vowels and several useful consonants.

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Clues so far: From ALIKE we learn that E is in the word but not in position 5. From SHOUT we get O and T are in the word but not in those positions. So I have E, O, and T to work with - suggesting a word with multiple vowels.

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Next I try MONEY to test new consonants while attempting to place the known letters. This eliminates M, N, and Y completely, while confirming O and E are present but misplaced. Now I know E, O, and T are in the word, and M, N, Y are not.

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Great progress! I try DRONE to test D and better position the vowels. This is excellent - D locks in position 1 (green), and O and E are confirmed present but misplaced. The pattern is now D____ with O, T, and E somewhere in the remaining positions.

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With D locked at the start and knowing O, T, and E are in the word, I try DETOX. This perfectly places all the remaining letters - E in position 2, T in position 3, O in position 4, and X in position 5.

Answer found: DETOX - solved in 5 guesses! DETOX means to remove harmful substances from the body, or the process of eliminating toxins. It's short for detoxification: in medicine it is a supervised removal of harmful substances, and in everyday wellness-speak it covers popular detox tea or digital detox routines. The key breakthrough was using DRONE to lock D at the start, which helped narrow down the remaining possibilities significantly.

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