Wordle #518: AVERT

November 19, 2022 — TurnWord Word Bot solved AVERT in 3 guesses starting with PLATE. Compare five standard opening words, or enter your own.

PLATE
TREAT
AVERT

How PLATE Solved AVERT in Three Guesses

PLATE showed that A, T and E were in the word but in different positions, leaving 140 words that could still be the answer. TREAT cut that to 1, and the Word Bot selected AVERT for guess three.

PLATE → 140 → TREAT → 1 → AVERT

How Different Starting Words Solved AVERT

Guesses the Word Bot needed to solve AVERT from each standard starting word
Starting wordGuesses
PLATE3
STARE3
STALE3
SLATE3
CLASP4

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

Wordle #518 Answer and Hints

The answer to Wordle #518 for November 19, 2022 was AVERT.

First letter
A
Last letter
T
Standard vowels
A, E
Repeated letters
none
Meaning
To prevent something bad from happening

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