22-Oct-2023 in 5

Guess #1:  SERAI

• "E" is out of place
  
• "I" is out of place
  
• There are about 90 possible words
  

Guess #2:  BITCH

• "I" is in the correct place
  
• There are 17 possibilities at this point
  
• Turns out this was a dumb guess as now I've have no idea where the "E" is
  

Guess #3:  FIEND

• "I" is in the correct Place
  
• "E" is out of place
  
• "N" is out of place
  

Guess #4:  LIKEN

• "I" and "E" and "N" are all in the correct places
  
• Two possibilities left
  

Guess #5:  GIVEN

• Whew!  Glad today is over.  Not a good showing.
  
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