Wordle for May 7, 2023 - #687
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word lento
Attempt for lento gives us 0 correct letters, 2 present letters and 3 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter l is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 1
Letter e 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 t is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter o is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 5
Some letters are missing (like e, n, t) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [l o]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 209 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [horal world dolor droll drool]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d f g h i j k m o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d f g h i j k l m o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d f g h i j k l m o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c d f g h i j k l m o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c d f g h i j k l m p q r s u v w x y z]
Next guess is drool, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for drool gives us 2 correct letters, 0 present letters and 3 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 r is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter o should be at position 3
Letter o is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter l should be at position 5
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like d, r, o) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [l o]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 8 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [shoal choil ghoul aboil skoal]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c f g h i j k m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c f g h i j k l m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [o]
At position 4: [a b c f g h i j k l m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [l]
Next guess is skoal, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for skoal gives us 2 correct letters, 0 present letters and 3 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 k 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
Some letters are missing (like s, k, a) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [l o]
Could be a better guess
Attempt 4
Right now we have 2 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [choil ghoul]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c f g h i j m p q u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c f g h i j l m p q u v w x y z]
At position 3: [o]
At position 4: [b c f g h i j l m p q u v w x y z]
At position 5: [l]
Next guess is ghoul, let’s see what it gives us
That’s the correct answer! The word is ghoul!
Conclusion
Today’s word is ghoul and it took 4 attempts to guess it
Video
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