Wordle for February 4, 2024 - #960
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word apert
Attempt for apert 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 p 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 3
Letter r is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter t is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like a, p, t) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e r]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 399 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [enrol idler drone ronde redly]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c d e f g h i j k l m n o q r s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c d e f g h i j k l m n o q r s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [b c d f g h i j k l m n o q r s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c d e f g h i j k l m n o q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [b c d e f g h i j k l m n o q r s u v w x y z]
Next guess is enrol, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for enrol gives us 1 correct letters, 1 present letters and 3 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter e is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 1
Letter n is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter r should be at position 3
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
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like n, o, l) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e r]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 3
Right now we have 55 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [hired shred dirge fired wired]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c d f g h i j k m q r s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c d e f g h i j k m q r s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [r]
At position 4: [b c d e f g h i j k m q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [b c d e f g h i j k m q r s u v w x y z]
Next guess is dirge, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for dirge gives us 3 correct letters, 0 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 i is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter g should be at position 4
Letter e should be at position 5
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like d, i) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e r g]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 4
Right now we have 5 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [surge serge gurge merge verge]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c f g h j k m q r s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c e f g h j k m q r s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [r]
At position 4: [g]
At position 5: [e]
Next guess is verge, let’s see what it gives us
That’s the correct answer! The word is verge!
Conclusion
Today’s word is verge and it took 4 attempts to guess it
Video
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