Wordle for December 26, 2024 - #1286
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word teras

Attempt for teras gives us 0 correct letters, 1 present letters and 4 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter t 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
Letter a is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter s is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like t, e, r, s) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [a]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 591 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [laund bland gland aland honda]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q u v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q u v w x y z]
Next guess is laund, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for laund 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 a is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 2
Letter u 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 d is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like l, u, n, d) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [a]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 3
Right now we have 75 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [mocha phoca poach abmho abohm]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c f g h i j k m o p q v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c f g h i j k m o p q v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c f g h i j k m o p q v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c f g h i j k m o p q v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c f g h i j k m o p q v w x y z]
Next guess is poach, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for poach gives us 0 correct letters, 1 present letters and 4 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 o 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 3
Letter c is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter h is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like p, o, c, h) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [a]
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 [vigia affix]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b f g i j k m q v w x y z]
At position 2: [b f g i j k m q v w x y z]
At position 3: [b f g i j k m q v w x y z]
At position 4: [b f g i j k m q v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b f g i j k m q v w x y z]
Next guess is affix, let’s see what it gives us

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