Wordle #177: SONIC

December 13, 2021 — TurnWord Word Bot solved SONIC in 3 guesses starting with PLATE. Compare five standard opening words, or enter your own.

PLATE
CIONS
SONIC

How PLATE Solved SONIC in Three Guesses

PLATE found none of SONIC's letters, ruling out P, L, A, T and E, leaving 1,825 words that could still be the answer. CIONS cut that to 2, and the Word Bot selected SONIC for guess three.

PLATE → 1,825 → CIONS → 2 → SONIC

How Different Starting Words Solved SONIC

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

The five openers solved SONIC 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 #177 Answer and Hints

The answer to Wordle #177 for December 13, 2021 was SONIC.

First letter
S
Last letter
C
Standard vowels
I, O
Repeated letters
none
Meaning
Relating to audible sound

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