Wordle #23: CRUST

July 12, 2021 — TurnWord Word Bot solved CRUST in 3 guesses starting with STARE. Compare five standard opening words, or enter your own.

STARE
TORUS
CRUST

How STARE Solved CRUST in Three Guesses

STARE showed that S, T and R were in the word but in different positions, leaving 93 words that could still be the answer. TORUS cut that to 4, and the Word Bot selected CRUST for guess three.

STARE → 93 → TORUS → 4 → CRUST

How Different Starting Words Solved CRUST

Guesses the Word Bot needed to solve CRUST from each standard starting word
Starting wordGuesses
STARE3
SLATE3
CLASP3
PLATE4
STALE4

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

Wordle #23 Answer and Hints

The answer to Wordle #23 for July 12, 2021 was CRUST.

First letter
C
Last letter
T
Standard vowels
U
Repeated letters
none
Meaning
A hard outer layer that covers something

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