Wordle for May 6, 2024 - #1052
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word lento

Attempt for lento gives us 0 correct letters, 1 present letters and 4 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter l 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 2
Letter n is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter t 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
Some letters are missing (like l, n, t, o) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 642 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [hider hired shred aider irade]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d e f g h i j k m p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d f g h i j k m p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d e f g h i j k m p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c d e f g h i j k m p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c d e f g h i j k m p q r s u v w x y z]
Next guess is hider, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for hider gives us 0 correct letters, 2 present letters and 3 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter h is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 1
Letter i is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter d 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 4
Letter r is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like i, d, r) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e h]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 25 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [chase shame phase shape shake]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c e f g j k m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c f g h j k m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c e f g h j k m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c f g h j k m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c e f g h j k m p q s u v w x y z]
Next guess is shake, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for shake gives us 4 correct letters, 0 present letters and 1 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter s should be at position 1
Letter h should be at position 2
Letter a should be at position 3
Letter k is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
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 k) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e h s a]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 4
Right now we have 3 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [shame shape shave]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [s]
At position 2: [h]
At position 3: [a]
At position 4: [a b c f g h j m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [e]
Next guess is shame, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for shame gives us 4 correct letters, 0 present letters and 1 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter m is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like m) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e h s a]
This was a waste, almost no valuable information…
Attempt 5
Right now we have 2 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [shape shave]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [s]
At position 2: [h]
At position 3: [a]
At position 4: [a b c f g h j p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [e]
Next guess is shave, let’s see what it gives us

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