Wordle for August 18, 2023 - #790
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word throe
Attempt for throe gives us 0 correct letters, 2 present letters and 3 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter t is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 1
Letter h 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 is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter e is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 5
Some letters are missing (like h, r, o) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [t e]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 203 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [laten leant inlet unlet blent]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d e f g i j k l m n p q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d e f g i j k l m n p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d e f g i j k l m n p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c d e f g i j k l m n p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c d f g i j k l m n p q s t u v w x y z]
Next guess is inlet, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for inlet gives us 1 correct letters, 1 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 l is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter e is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter t should be at position 5
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like i, n, l) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [t e]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 21 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [adept defat educt debut yeast]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d e f g j k m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d e f g j k m p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d e f g j k m p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c d f g j k m p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [t]
Next guess is defat, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for defat gives us 1 correct letters, 2 present letters and 2 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 on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 2
Letter f is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter a is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Some letters are missing (like d, f) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [t e a]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 4
Right now we have 3 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [awest epact exact]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c e g j k m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c g j k m p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c e g j k m p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c g j k m p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [t]
Next guess is epact, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for epact gives us 4 correct letters, 0 present letters and 1 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter e should be at position 1
Letter p is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter a should be at position 3
Letter c should be at position 4
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 [t e a c]
Could be a better guess
Attempt 5
Right now we have 1 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [exact]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [e]
At position 2: [a b c g j k m q s t u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a]
At position 4: [c]
At position 5: [t]
It must be exact
That’s the correct answer! The word is exact!
Conclusion
Today’s word is exact and it took 5 attempts to guess it
Video
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