Wordle for August 16, 2023 - #788
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word teary
Attempt for teary gives us 0 correct letters, 1 present letters and 4 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
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 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 4
Letter y is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like t, e, a, y) 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 237 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [nidor lurid round unrid world]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q r s u v w x z]
At position 2: [b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q r s u v w x z]
At position 3: [b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q r s u v w x z]
At position 4: [b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q s u v w x z]
At position 5: [b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q r s u v w x z]
Next guess is world, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for world gives us 1 correct letters, 0 present letters and 4 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter w is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter o is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter r should be at position 3
Letter l is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter d is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like w, o, l, d) 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 25 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [unrip burin inrub unrig inrun]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c f g h i j k m n p q r s u v x z]
At position 2: [b c f g h i j k m n p q r s u v x z]
At position 3: [r]
At position 4: [b c f g h i j k m n p q s u v x z]
At position 5: [b c f g h i j k m n p q r s u v x z]
Next guess is inrun, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for inrun gives us 2 correct letters, 0 present letters and 3 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter i 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 u should be at position 4
Letter n is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like i, n) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r u]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 4
Right now we have 6 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [shrub shrug scrum scrub sprug]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c f g h j k m p q r s u v x z]
At position 2: [b c f g h j k m p q r s u v x z]
At position 3: [r]
At position 4: [u]
At position 5: [b c f g h j k m p q r s u v x z]
Next guess is scrum, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for scrum gives us 4 correct letters, 0 present letters and 1 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter s should be at position 1
Letter c should be at position 2
Letter m is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like m) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r u s c]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 5
Right now we have 1 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [scrub]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [s]
At position 2: [c]
At position 3: [r]
At position 4: [u]
At position 5: [b c f g h j k p q r s u v x z]
It must be scrub
That’s the correct answer! The word is scrub!
Conclusion
Today’s word is scrub and it took 5 attempts to guess it
Video
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