Wordle for August 26, 2024 - #1164
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word thegn

Attempt for thegn gives us 0 correct letters, 2 present letters and 3 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter t is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 1
Letter h 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 g 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
Some letters are missing (like h, g, n) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [t e]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 266 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [artel later ratel liter luter]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d e f i j k l m o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d e f i j k l m o p q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d f i j k l m o p q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c d e f i j k l m o p q r s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c d e f i j k l m o p q r s t u v w x y z]
Next guess is ratel, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for ratel gives us 0 correct letters, 3 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter r is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter a is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 2
Letter t is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 3
Letter e is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter l is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like r, l) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [t e a]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 22 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [stade defat yeast septa spate]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d e f i j k m o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c d e f i j k m o p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d f i j k m o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c d f i j k m o p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c d e f i j k m o p q s t u v w x y z]
Next guess is stade, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for stade 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 t should be at position 2
Letter a should be at position 3
Letter d 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 d) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [t e a s]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 4
Right now we have 2 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [stake stave]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [s]
At position 2: [t]
At position 3: [a]
At position 4: [a b c f i j k m o p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [e]
Next guess is stake, let’s see what it gives us

That’s the correct answer! The word is stake!
Conclusion
Today’s word is stake and it took 4 attempts to guess it
Video
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