Wordle for August 31, 2025 - #1534
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word recti
Attempt for recti 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 e should be at position 2
Letter c is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter t is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter i 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 r, c, i) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e t]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 2
Right now we have 62 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [leant dealt delft veldt least]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b d e f g h j k l m n o p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 2: [e]
At position 3: [a b d e f g h j k l m n o p q s t u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b d e f g h j k l m n o p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b d e f g h j k l m n o p q s t u v w x y z]
Next guess is veldt, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for veldt gives us 1 correct letters, 2 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter v is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter l is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 3
Letter d is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter t is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 5
Some letters are missing (like v, d) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e t l]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 3
Right now we have 13 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [setal metal petal tepal fetal]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b e f g h j k l m n o p q s t u w x y z]
At position 2: [e]
At position 3: [a b e f g h j k m n o p q s t u w x y z]
At position 4: [a b e f g h j k l m n o p q s u w x y z]
At position 5: [a b e f g h j k l m n o p q s u w x y z]
Next guess is metal, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for metal gives us 4 correct letters, 0 present letters and 1 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 t should be at position 3
Letter a should be at position 4
Letter l should be at position 5
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like m) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e t l a]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 4
Right now we have 3 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [setal petal fetal]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b e f g h j k l n o p q s t u w x y z]
At position 2: [e]
At position 3: [t]
At position 4: [a]
At position 5: [l]
Next guess is setal, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for setal gives us 4 correct letters, 0 present letters and 1 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
Some letters are missing (like s) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e t l a]
This was a waste, almost no valuable information…
Attempt 5
Right now we have 2 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [petal fetal]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b e f g h j k l n o p q t u w x y z]
At position 2: [e]
At position 3: [t]
At position 4: [a]
At position 5: [l]
Next guess is fetal, let’s see what it gives us
Attempt for fetal gives us 4 correct letters, 0 present letters and 1 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
Some letters are missing (like f) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [e t l a]
This was a waste, almost no valuable information…
Attempt 6
Right now we have 1 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [petal]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b e g h j k l n o p q t u w x y z]
At position 2: [e]
At position 3: [t]
At position 4: [a]
At position 5: [l]
It must be petal
That’s the correct answer! The word is petal!
Conclusion
Today’s word is petal and it took 6 attempts to guess it
Video
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