The Cluster Problem

Some words are nearly impossible to distinguish until the very last guess

(Published 2026-03-18)

Perfect feedback can still leave multiple valid candidates. The -ATCH and -IGHT families share four of five letters — use remaining guesses to eliminate differences, not guess blindly. Word frequency is your tiebreaker.

In the -IGHT cluster, word frequency favors LIGHT, EIGHT, and TIGHT — guess accordingly.

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