Wordle for August 17, 2025 - #1520
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word orate
Attempt for orate gives us 0 correct letters, 1 present letters and 4 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter o is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 1
Letter r is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter a 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 not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like r, a, t, e) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [o]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 387 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [unold dhoni noily colin sonly]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c d f g h i j k l m n p q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [b c d f g h i j k l m n o p q s u v w x y z]
Next guess is unold, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for unold gives us 0 correct letters, 3 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter u is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 1
Letter n is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter o is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 3
Letter l is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter d is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like n, d) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [o u l]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 5 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [lough lousy solum bolus locum]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c f g h i j k l m p q s v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c f g h i j k l m o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [b c f g h i j k l m p q s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c f g h i j k m o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [b c f g h i j k l m o p q s u v w x y z]
Next guess is lousy, let’s see what it gives us
That’s the correct answer! The word is lousy!
Conclusion
Today’s word is lousy and it took 3 attempts to guess it
Video
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