SLATE: S present, L absent, A present, T placed, E absent.
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Word Five
Guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries, from letter-by-letter feedback.
How would we know it was actually working?
Play it yourself first. Everything else on this page is about what happened when a model tried the same thing.
Your attempt
The machine you are inside
1The task
Find a hidden five-letter word in six guesses.
2Legal actions
One five-letter word per turn, from a fixed 11,846-word list. Anything else is refused and costs a turn.
3The grader
Compares the guess to the answer letter by letter and returns green, yellow or grey. It computes; it does not judge.
4The score that moves
Half for winning, a third for winning quickly, a fifth for never spending a turn on a word that could not have won.
This reward: Win fast, minus wasted guesses