Wordle #140: COAST

November 6, 2021 — TurnWord Word Bot solved COAST in 3 guesses starting with PLATE. Compare five standard opening words, or enter your own.

PLATE
SCANT
COAST

How PLATE Solved COAST in Three Guesses

PLATE placed A correctly and showed that T was in the word but in a different position, leaving 124 words that could still be the answer. SCANT cut that to 1, and the Word Bot selected COAST for guess three.

PLATE → 124 → SCANT → 1 → COAST

How Different Starting Words Solved COAST

Guesses the Word Bot needed to solve COAST from each standard starting word
Starting wordGuesses
PLATE3
STALE3
SLATE3
CLASP3
STARE4

The five openers solved COAST in 3–4 guesses, with PLATE, STALE, SLATE and CLASP the fastest to finish in three. Each run uses the same Word Bot and target word; only the opener changes.

Wordle #140 Answer and Hints

The answer to Wordle #140 for November 6, 2021 was COAST.

First letter
C
Last letter
T
Standard vowels
A, O
Repeated letters
none
Meaning
The shore of a sea or ocean

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