Wordle for November 16, 2023 - #880
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word poler

Attempt for poler gives us 0 correct letters, 1 present letters and 4 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 o 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 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 5
Some letters are missing (like p, o, l, e) 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 501 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [drant riant train starn arnut]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d f g h i j k m n q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d f g h i j k m n q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d f g h i j k m n q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c d f g h i j k m n q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c d f g h i j k m n q s t u v w x y z]
Next guess is starn, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for starn gives us 0 correct letters, 3 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter s is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 1
Letter t is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 2
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 n is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like a, n) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r s t]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 16 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [durst hurst grist grits rusty]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c d f g h i j k m q r t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c d f g h i j k m q r s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [b c d f g h i j k m q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c d f g h i j k m q s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [b c d f g h i j k m q s t u v w x y z]
Next guess is grits, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for grits gives us 1 correct letters, 2 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter g is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter r should be at position 2
Letter i is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter t is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter s is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 5
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like g, i) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r s t]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 4
Right now we have 3 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [crust trust tryst]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c d f h j k m q r t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [r]
At position 3: [b c d f h j k m q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c d f h j k m q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [b c d f h j k m q t u v w x y z]
Next guess is crust, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for crust gives us 4 correct letters, 0 present letters and 1 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter c is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter u should be at position 3
Letter s should 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 c) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r s t u]
Could be a better guess
Attempt 5
Right now we have 1 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [trust]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b d f h j k m q r t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [r]
At position 3: [u]
At position 4: [s]
At position 5: [t]
It must be trust

That’s the correct answer! The word is trust!
Conclusion
Today’s word is trust and it took 5 attempts to guess it
Video
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