Wordle for August 23, 2024 - #1161
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word entry

Attempt for entry gives us 0 correct letters, 1 present letters and 4 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 t 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
Letter y is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like n, t, r, y) 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 767 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [heald dhole aloed ideal slade]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d f g h i j k l m o p q s u v w x z]
At position 2: [a b c d e f g h i j k l m o p q s u v w x z]
At position 3: [a b c d e f g h i j k l m o p q s u v w x z]
At position 4: [a b c d e f g h i j k l m o p q s u v w x z]
At position 5: [a b c d e f g h i j k l m o p q s u v w x z]
Next guess is ideal, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for ideal gives us 1 correct letters, 1 present letters and 3 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
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 should be at position 3
Letter a is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter l 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 i, d, a) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e l]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 26 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [flesh shelf chelp ohelo whelm]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c f g h j k l m o p q s u v w x z]
At position 2: [b c e f g h j k l m o p q s u v w x z]
At position 3: [e]
At position 4: [b c e f g h j k l m o p q s u v w x z]
At position 5: [b c e f g h j k m o p q s u v w x z]
Next guess is flesh, let’s see what it gives us

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

That’s the correct answer! The word is leech!
Conclusion
Today’s word is leech and it took 4 attempts to guess it
Video
Here is live recording of how bot tired to guess the word:Link to video - Wordle for August 23, 2024 - #1161