Wordle Solver

A solver for wordle. The solver aims to get maximal information on each turn, usually via unguessed letters, until the number of candidates is fewer than the number of guesses remaining

See optimal guesses in iPython

from game import Game
Game("hello", verbose=True).play()

12972 possible words
Guess: slart
Results: ['missing', 'incorrect', 'missing', 'missing', 'missing']
499 possible words
Guess: decoy
Results: ['missing', 'correct', 'missing', 'incorrect', 'missing']
5 possible words
Guess: hoing
Results: ['correct', 'incorrect', 'missing', 'missing', 'missing']
1 possible words
Guess: hello
Results: ['correct', 'correct', 'correct', 'correct', 'correct']
Success in 4 guesses

Statistics

python simulate.py

Success Rate: 0.991
Average Guesses: 4.297679112008073
Stdev Guesses: 0.813766230932009
Failing Words: ['tents', 'wowed', 'perps', 'bitty', 'fines', 'bells', 'peels', 'jests', 'oases']