Wordle for October 20, 2023 - #853
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word boner

Attempt for boner gives us 1 correct letters, 1 present letters and 3 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter b 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 2
Letter n 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 should be at position 5
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like b, n, e) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [o r]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 44 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [atour actor gator algor taxor]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a c d f g h i j k l m o p q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a c d f g h i j k l m p q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a c d f g h i j k l m o p q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a c d f g h i j k l m o p q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [r]
Next guess is actor, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for actor gives us 2 correct letters, 1 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter a is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter c should be at position 2
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 4
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like a, t) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [o r c]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 2 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [scour occur]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [c d f g h i j k l m o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [c]
At position 3: [c d f g h i j k l m o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [c d f g h i j k l m p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [r]
Next guess is scour, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for scour gives us 3 correct letters, 1 present letters and 1 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 o is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 3
Letter u should be at position 4
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like s) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [o r c u]
This was a waste, almost no valuable information…
Attempt 4
Right now we have 1 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [occur]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [c d f g h i j k l m o p q r u v w x y z]
At position 2: [c]
At position 3: [c d f g h i j k l m p q r u v w x y z]
At position 4: [u]
At position 5: [r]
It must be occur

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