Wordle for October 17, 2024 - #1216
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word ortet

Attempt for ortet gives us 0 correct letters, 1 present letters and 4 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter o 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 t 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 t is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like o, r, t) 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 744 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [eland eldin blend neeld heald]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d e f g h i j k l m n p q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d e f g h i j k l m n p q s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d e f g h i j k l m n p q s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c d f g h i j k l m n p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c d e f g h i j k l m n p q s u v w x y z]
Next guess is blend, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for blend gives us 0 correct letters, 2 present letters and 3 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
Letter l is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 2
Letter e is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 3
Letter n 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
Some letters are missing (like b, n, d) 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 87 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [halse selah shale lehua leach]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a c e f g h i j k l m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a c e f g h i j k m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a c f g h i j k l m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a c f g h i j k l m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a c e f g h i j k l m p q s u v w x y z]
Next guess is selah, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for selah gives us 1 correct letters, 3 present letters and 1 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter s 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 l should be at position 3
Letter a is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter h 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 s) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e l a 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 [halve]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a c e f g h i j k l m p q u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a c f g h i j k m p q u v w x y z]
At position 3: [l]
At position 4: [c f g h i j k l m p q u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a c e f g i j k l m p q u v w x y z]
It must be halve

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