Wordle #1,256: WITCH

November 26, 2024 — TurnWord Word Bot solved WITCH in 3 guesses starting with PLATE. Compare five standard opening words, or enter your own.

PLATE
HOIST
WITCH

How PLATE Solved WITCH in Three Guesses

PLATE showed that T was in the word but in a different position, leaving 489 words that could still be the answer. HOIST cut that to 14, and the Word Bot selected WITCH for guess three.

PLATE → 489 → HOIST → 14 → WITCH

How Different Starting Words Solved WITCH

Guesses the Word Bot needed to solve WITCH from each standard starting word
Starting wordGuesses
PLATE3
STARE3
SLATE3
STALE4
CLASP5

The five openers solved WITCH in 3–5 guesses, with PLATE, STARE and SLATE the fastest to finish in three. Each run uses the same Word Bot and target word; only the opener changes.

Wordle #1,256 Answer and Hints

The answer to Wordle #1,256 for November 26, 2024 was WITCH.

First letter
W
Last letter
H
Standard vowels
I
Repeated letters
none
Meaning
A person, especially a woman, believed to have magical powers

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