Wordle for May 21, 2025 - #1432
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word trope
Attempt for trope 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 r is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 2
Letter o is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter p 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
Some letters are missing (like t, o, p, e) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 361 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [ulnar gnarl knurl laird liard]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d f g h i j k l m n q r s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d f g h i j k l m n q s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d f g h i j k l m n q r s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b c d f g h i j k l m n q r s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b c d f g h i j k l m n q r s u v w x y z]
Next guess is knurl, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for knurl gives us 1 correct letters, 1 present letters and 3 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter k 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 u is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter r should be at position 4
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 k, n, u) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r l]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 12 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [laird liard lyard lairy libra]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d f g h i j l m q r s v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d f g h i j l m q s v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d f g h i j l m q r s v w x y z]
At position 4: [r]
At position 5: [a b c d f g h i j m q r s v w x y z]
Next guess is libra, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for libra gives us 1 correct letters, 2 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter l 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 b 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 5
Some letters are missing (like i, b) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r l a]
Could be a better guess
Attempt 4
Right now we have 5 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [clary glary flary alary alarm]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a c d f g h j m q r s v w x y z]
At position 2: [a c d f g h j l m q s v w x y z]
At position 3: [a c d f g h j l m q r s v w x y z]
At position 4: [r]
At position 5: [c d f g h j m q r s v w x y z]
Next guess is flary, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for flary gives us 3 correct letters, 0 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 should be at position 2
Letter a should be at position 3
Letter y is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like f, y) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r l a]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 5
Right now we have 1 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [alarm]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a c d g h j m q r s v w x z]
At position 2: [l]
At position 3: [a]
At position 4: [r]
At position 5: [c d g h j m q r s v w x z]
It must be alarm
That’s the correct answer! The word is alarm!
Conclusion
Today’s word is alarm and it took 5 attempts to guess it
Video
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