Wordle for August 14, 2025 - #1517
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word rifle
Attempt for rifle gives us 1 correct letters, 1 present letters and 3 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 i is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter f is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter l should be at position 4
Letter e 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 r, i, f) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [l e]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 43 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [dealt neeld heald stela smelt]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b c d e g h j k l m n o p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b c d e g h j k l m n o p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b c d e g h j k l m n o p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [l]
At position 5: [a b c d g h j k l m n o p q s t u v w x y z]
Next guess is stela, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for stela gives us 2 correct letters, 0 present letters and 3 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 t 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
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like s, t, a) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [l e]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 3
Right now we have 9 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [knell chelp ohelo whelm whelp]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c d e g h j k l m n o p q u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c d e g h j k l m n o p q u v w x y z]
At position 3: [e]
At position 4: [l]
At position 5: [b c d g h j k l m n o p q u v w x y z]
Next guess is knell, let’s see what it gives us
That’s the correct answer! The word is knell!
Conclusion
Today’s word is knell and it took 3 attempts to guess it
Video
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