Wordle for August 18, 2025 - #1521
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word paren
Attempt for paren 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 a 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 e is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter n is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like p, a, r, n) 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 494 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [tilde thole delft veldt ethyl]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c d e f g h i j k l m o q s t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c d e f g h i j k l m o q s t u v w x y z]
At position 3: [b c d e f g h i j k l m o q s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c d f g h i j k l m o q s t u v w x y z]
At position 5: [b c d e f g h i j k l m o q s t u v w x y z]
Next guess is thole, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for thole gives us 1 correct letters, 0 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 h 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 l is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter e should be at position 5
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like t, h, o, l) 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 3
Right now we have 61 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [disme midge fidge budge imide]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c d e f g i j k m q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c d e f g i j k m q s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [b c d e f g i j k m q s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c d f g i j k m q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [e]
Next guess is midge, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for midge gives us 1 correct letters, 1 present letters and 3 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter m is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter i is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 2
Letter d is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter g is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like m, d, g) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e i]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 4
Right now we have 7 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [cusie issue skive beice seize]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c e f i j k q s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b c e f j k q s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [b c e f i j k q s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [b c f i j k q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [e]
Next guess is skive, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for skive gives us 1 correct letters, 2 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter s is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 1
Letter k is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter i is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 3
Letter v is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like k, v) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e i s]
Could be a better guess
Attempt 5
Right now we have 2 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [cusie issue]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b c e f i j q u w x y z]
At position 2: [b c e f j q s u w x y z]
At position 3: [b c e f j q s u w x y z]
At position 4: [b c f i j q s u w x y z]
At position 5: [e]
Next guess is issue, let’s see what it gives us
That’s the correct answer! The word is issue!
Conclusion
Today’s word is issue and it took 5 attempts to guess it
Video
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