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		ghusbands on Jan 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Best Wordle guessing strategy I believe there are already plenty of solvers doing it in five steps, worst case, as in [1]. I don't think any are doing it in four, but I doubt anyone has yet demonstrated that four is impossible. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29890845

ghusbands on Jan 27, 2022 [–]

For future readers, the following link claims that five steps, worst case, is incorrect, and six is the smallest maximum: https://www.poirrier.ca/notes/wordle-optimal/

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