Wordle for January 16, 2023 - #576
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word mitre

Attempt for mitre gives us 0 correct letters, 1 present letters and 4 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter m is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter i is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter t is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter r is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter e is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like m, i, t, e) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 489 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [loran ulnar urnal dural horal]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d f g h j k l n o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d f g h j k l n o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d f g h j k l n o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c d f g h j k l n o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c d f g h j k l n o p q r s u v w x y z]
Next guess is lunar, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for lunar gives us 0 correct letters, 1 present letters and 4 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter l is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter u is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter n is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter a is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter r is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 5
Some letters are missing (like l, u, n, a) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 56 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [scrod sprod horsy shrog dross]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c d f g h j k o p q r s v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c d f g h j k o p q r s v w x y z]
At position 3: [b c d f g h j k o p q r s v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c d f g h j k o p q s v w x y z]
At position 5: [b c d f g h j k o p q s v w x y z]
Next guess is scrod, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for scrod gives us 0 correct letters, 3 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter s is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter c is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 2
Letter r is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 3
Letter o is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter d is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like s, d) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r c o]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 4
Right now we have 5 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [broch rocky brock frock crock]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c f g h j k o p q r v w x y z]
At position 2: [b f g h j k o p q r v w x y z]
At position 3: [b c f g h j k o p q v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c f g h j k p q v w x y z]
At position 5: [b c f g h j k o p q v w x y z]
Next guess is frock, let’s see what it gives us

That’s the correct answer! The word is frock!
Conclusion
Today’s word is frock and it took 4 attempts to guess it
Video
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