Wordle #838: BUNCH

October 5, 2023 — TurnWord Word Bot solved BUNCH in 3 guesses starting with STALE. Compare five standard opening words, or enter your own.

STALE
CRONY
BUNCH

How STALE Solved BUNCH in Three Guesses

STALE found none of BUNCH's letters, ruling out S, T, A, L and E, leaving 1,054 words that could still be the answer. CRONY cut that to 16, and the Word Bot selected BUNCH for guess three.

STALE → 1,054 → CRONY → 16 → BUNCH

How Different Starting Words Solved BUNCH

Guesses the Word Bot needed to solve BUNCH from each standard starting word
Starting wordGuesses
STALE3
SLATE3
CLASP3
PLATE4
STARE4

The five openers solved BUNCH in 3–4 guesses, with 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 #838 Answer and Hints

The answer to Wordle #838 for October 5, 2023 was BUNCH.

First letter
B
Last letter
H
Standard vowels
U
Repeated letters
none
Meaning
A grouping of a number of similar things

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