Wordle for October 21, 2023 - #854
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word arles
Attempt for arles gives us 0 correct letters, 2 present letters and 3 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 r is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 2
Letter l 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 s is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 5
Some letters are missing (like a, l, e) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r s]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 86 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [snort snirt snurt durst horst]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c d f g h i j k m n o p q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c d f g h i j k m n o p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 3: [b c d f g h i j k m n o p q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c d f g h i j k m n o p q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [b c d f g h i j k m n o p q r t u v w x y z]
Next guess is snort, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for snort gives us 2 correct letters, 0 present letters and 3 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter s should be at position 1
Letter n 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 4
Letter t 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 n, o, t) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r s]
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 [shirr spiry smirk scurf skirr]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [s]
At position 2: [b c d f g h i j k m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [b c d f g h i j k m p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [r]
At position 5: [b c d f g h i j k m p q r u v w x y z]
Next guess is shirr, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for shirr gives us 3 correct letters, 0 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter h is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter i should be at position 3
Letter r 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 h, r) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r s i]
Could be a better guess
Attempt 4
Right now we have 2 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [spiry smirk]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [s]
At position 2: [b c d f g i j k m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [i]
At position 4: [r]
At position 5: [b c d f g i j k m p q u v w x y z]
Next guess is spiry, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for spiry gives us 3 correct letters, 0 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter p is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter y is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like p, y) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r s i]
This was a waste, almost no valuable information…
Attempt 5
Right now we have 1 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [smirk]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [s]
At position 2: [b c d f g i j k m q s u v w x z]
At position 3: [i]
At position 4: [r]
At position 5: [b c d f g i j k m q u v w x z]
It must be smirk
That’s the correct answer! The word is smirk!
Conclusion
Today’s word is smirk and it took 5 attempts to guess it
Video
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