Wordle #574: KOALA

January 14, 2023 — TurnWord Word Bot solved KOALA in 3 guesses starting with STARE. Compare five standard opening words, or enter your own.

STARE
CLANK
KOALA

How STARE Solved KOALA in Three Guesses

STARE placed A correctly, leaving 192 words that could still be the answer. CLANK cut that to 1, and the Word Bot selected KOALA for guess three.

STARE → 192 → CLANK → 1 → KOALA

How Different Starting Words Solved KOALA

Guesses the Word Bot needed to solve KOALA from each standard starting word
Starting wordGuesses
STARE3
STALE3
CLASP3
SLATE4
PLATE5

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

Wordle #574 Answer and Hints

The answer to Wordle #574 for January 14, 2023 was KOALA.

First letter
K
Last letter
A
Standard vowels
A, O
Repeated letters
A
Meaning
A gray furry Australian marsupial that lives in trees and eats eucalyptus

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