Wordle #862 answer: PHONY
Played on 10-29-2023 · difficulty 5/5
What was the Wordle answer for #862?
The answer to Wordle #862, played on 10-29-2023, was PHONY.
How the solver gets there
Starting from all 2,380 possible answers, this is the run an optimal solver makes against PHONY. Every guess is the one that splits the remaining field most evenly — the last column is how many answers were still standing after it.
| Turn | Guess | Feedback | Answers left |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SALET | SALET | 229 |
| 2 | CORNU | CORNU | 2 |
| 3 | OWING | OWING | 1 |
| 4 | PHONY | PHONY | — |
At that point the clues could not separate OWING and PHONY.
How hard was it?
Optimal play solves it in 4 guesses.
After the opening guess SALET, 229 of the 2,380 possible answers were still standing — an unusually wide field, which is what makes this one feel brutal.
Hints, if you would rather work it out
There is one vowel. It is O. It begins with P. No letter repeats.