Using the Bot's opening word:  "CRANE"

Guess #1:  CRANE

• E is out of place
  

Guess #2:  SPLIT

• S and P are both out of place
  
• Only two remaining words:  PESKY and POESY
  

Guess #3:  PESKY

• Pesky rabbit
  

Using the Bot's opening word:  "CRANE"

Guess #1:  CRANE

• R and A are both in the correct places

Guess #2:  TWIGS

• G and S are both out of place
• Only one remaining word
  

Guess #3:  GRASP

• Got it !  I grasp the concept.

I realized too late that I'd forgotten to play.

Forgot to play.

Forgot to play

Still using the Bot's opening word:  "CRANE"

Guess #1:  CRANE

• C and E are both out of place
  
• A is in the correct place
  

Guess #2:  REALM

• R is out of place
  
• E and A are in the correct places
  
• 3 remaining words:  BEARD;  TEARY;  WEARY
  
• Guaranteed win in 4
  

Guess #3:  TEARY

• Got it !
  

Third day of switching to the Bot's opening word:  "CRANE"

Guess #1:  CRANE

• C and N are both out of place
  

Guess #2:  UNHIP

• U, N, H are all out of place
  
• 4 remaining words:  BUNCH;  HUNCH;  LUNCH;  MUNCH
  
• Guaranteed win in 4
  

Guess #3:  PLUMB

• 1 remaining word
  

Guess #4:  HUNCH

• I had a hunch, that the answer might be "bunch", and I was wrong.
  

Second day of switching to the Bot's opening word:  "CRANE"

Guess #1:  CRANE

• A and E are both the correct places
  

Guess #2:  SLOTH

• L is in the correct places
  
• 7 remaining words
  

Guess #3:  BLADE

• 2 remaining words
  

Guess #4:  FLAME

• The summer, the Olympic flame will be lit in Paris.
  

I've switched to the Bot's opening word:  "CRANE"
Today I got a 99 skill rating !

Guess #1:  CRANE

• A and E are both the correct places

Guess #2:  SLOTH

• S and T are both in the correct places
• 3 remaining words:  SPATE, SKATE, STATE

Guess #3:  STATE

• Lucky
• The state was going to let an offender (responsible for a spate of crimes), skate.

The Bot continues to start with "CRANE"

Guess #1:  TRACE

• R is in the correct place
  
• A is out of place
  

Guess #2:  BROAD

• R and A are both in the correct place
  
• B is out of place
  
• 1 remaining word !!!
  

Guess #3:  URBAN

• First four letters are in the correct places
  
• An urbane approach; an urban winner.