Wordle #538: BRAID

December 9, 2022 — TurnWord Word Bot solved BRAID in 3 guesses starting with STARE. Compare five standard opening words, or enter your own.

STARE
DRAWN
BRAID

How STARE Solved BRAID in Three Guesses

STARE placed A correctly and showed that R was in the word but in a different position, leaving 88 words that could still be the answer. DRAWN cut that to 2, and the Word Bot selected BRAID for guess three.

STARE → 88 → DRAWN → 2 → BRAID

How Different Starting Words Solved BRAID

Guesses the Word Bot needed to solve BRAID from each standard starting word
Starting wordGuesses
STARE3
PLATE4
STALE4
SLATE4
CLASP5

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

Wordle #538 Answer and Hints

The answer to Wordle #538 for December 9, 2022 was BRAID.

First letter
B
Last letter
D
Standard vowels
A, I
Repeated letters
none
Meaning
Hair that has been divided into strands and woven together

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