keithpjolley / wordle

python wordle solver

wordle.py

python wordle solver

Usage:

usage: wordle.py [-h] [--guesses GUESSES] [--nots NOTS] have

Wordle guesser. Start with ".....".

positional arguments:
  have               The word. UC for right place, lc for wrong place, else
                     "."

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  --guesses GUESSES  How many guesses to return.
  --nots NOTS        Characters that are NOT in the word.

To start you don't know any letters and none are ruled out so your first entry should be '.....'.

Let's say you enter 'eight' into wordle and you find out that 'g' is in the correct spot (green), 't' is in an incorrect position but in the word (yellow), and the rest are bad guesses.

You'd find out the next guesses with:

⇒  ./wordle.py ..G.t --nots eih

--guesses N says list N guesses. Default is 15.

Example:

First guess:

⇒  ./wordle.py .....
20458: arose
20458: oreas
20455: aries
20455: arise
20455: raise
20455: serai
20369: leora
20366: ariel
20353: erian
20353: irena
20353: reina
20306: orate
20303: arite
20303: artie
20303: irate
20303: retia

Note that not all words in the input dict /usr/share/dict/words are in the wordle dictionary so you may need to skip the highest rated words. arose is my go-to start word.

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Second Guess:

⇒  ./wordle.py .R... --guess 5 --nots aose
239: bruit
239: fruit
230: irgun
229: bruin
226: print
225: urbic

Don't know what bruit is. Would think it's not in most puzzle word lists. Go with fruit instead.

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Third Guess:

⇒  ./wordle.py .R.i. --guess 5 --nots aosefut
84: prink
82: prick
80: crink
79: crimp
79: gripy
78: brink

Not sure I've heard of prink so go with prick.

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Got it!