Wordle for January 29, 2023 - #589
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word deter

Attempt for deter gives us 0 correct letters, 0 present letters and 5 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter d is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter e 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 e is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter r is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like d, e, t, r) but it’s also important piece of information
So far we don’t know any of the letters!
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 2
Right now we have 1958 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [lohan uhlan linch lunch lynch]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c f g h i j k l m n o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c f g h i j k l m n o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c f g h i j k l m n o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c f g h i j k l m n o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c f g h i j k l m n o p q s u v w x y z]
Next guess is linch, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for linch gives us 1 correct letters, 1 present letters and 3 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 i should be at position 2
Letter n is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter c is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter h is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 5
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like l, n, c) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [i h]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 5 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [wisha bigha fishy hippo hippy]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b f g h i j k m o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [i]
At position 3: [a b f g h i j k m o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b f g h i j k m o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b f g i j k m o p q s u v w x y z]
Next guess is hippy, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for hippy gives us 2 correct letters, 1 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter h is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 1
Letter p is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter p is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter y should be at position 5
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like p) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [i h y]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 4
Right now we have 1 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [fishy]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b f g i j k m o q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [i]
At position 3: [a b f g h i j k m o q s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b f g h i j k m o q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [y]
It must be fishy

That’s the correct answer! The word is fishy!
Conclusion
Today’s word is fishy and it took 4 attempts to guess it
Video
Here is live recording of how bot tired to guess the word:Link to video - Wordle for January 29, 2023 - #589