Wordle for February 20, 2024 - #976
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word goner
Attempt for goner gives us 0 correct letters, 0 present letters and 5 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 o 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 e 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
Some letters are missing (like g, o, n, e, r) but it’s also important piece of information
So far we don’t know any of the letters!
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 2
Right now we have 1104 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [datil dital tidal shalt lathy]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d f h i j k l m p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d f h i j k l m p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d f h i j k l m p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c d f h i j k l m p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c d f h i j k l m p q s t u v w x y z]
Next guess is datil, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for datil gives us 2 correct letters, 0 present letters and 3 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 a should be at position 2
Letter t should be at position 3
Letter i 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 d, i, l) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [a t]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 24 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [pathy match patch batch watch]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c f h j k m p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a]
At position 3: [t]
At position 4: [a b c f h j k m p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c f h j k m p q s t u v w x y z]
Next guess is patch, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for patch gives us 4 correct letters, 0 present letters and 1 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 c should be at position 4
Letter h should be at position 5
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 [a t c h]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 4
Right now we have 4 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [match batch watch hatch]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c f h j k m q s t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a]
At position 3: [t]
At position 4: [c]
At position 5: [h]
Next guess is hatch, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for hatch gives us 4 correct letters, 0 present letters and 1 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
Some letters are missing (like h) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [a t c h]
This was a waste, almost no valuable information…
Attempt 5
Right now we have 3 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [match batch watch]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c f j k m q s t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a]
At position 3: [t]
At position 4: [c]
At position 5: [h]
Next guess is batch, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for batch gives us 4 correct letters, 0 present letters and 1 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
Some letters are missing (like b) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [a t c h]
This was a waste, almost no valuable information…
Attempt 6
Right now we have 2 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [match watch]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a c f j k m q s t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a]
At position 3: [t]
At position 4: [c]
At position 5: [h]
Next guess is match, let’s see what it gives us
That’s the correct answer! The word is match!
Conclusion
Today’s word is match and it took 6 attempts to guess it
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