# How to Use Your Sixth Solo Guess Turn five rounds of clues into a careful final guess by listing fixed letters, ruled-out letters and candidates that still fit On your sixth guess, separate what the clues prove from what they only suggest. Use fixed positions to reject mismatches, then choose a candidate that fits the whole board rather than making a last-minute probe Your sixth solo guess is your last chance to solve that word, so use it to check a candidate against every clue you have. First write down the letters fixed in place, then note letters that cannot fit. Finally, compare possible answers with both lists. The clues may narrow the field without proving one answer, so avoid treating a plausible word as a guaranteed win ## Start with what the board actually tells you Worduel solo gives you six guesses. If you have already used five, there is no later turn for a spare information-gathering guess: this one needs to be a candidate you are willing to submit as your answer. Read each row by letter and position, not by whether the guess looks similar to a word you have in mind A quick sixth-guess checklist Mark confirmed positions Record every letter shown in the right place. Keep the slot attached to the letter, so a confirmed R in position two does not become a vague note that R is somewhere in the word List letters that do not fit Check the remaining letters against the feedback. A letter shown elsewhere in the word cannot stay in that guessed position; a grey result means there is no unused copy for that guess Test the whole candidate Check every position and every clue before committing. A word that fits the latest row but contradicts an earlier one is not a sound final guess ## Worked example: five guesses, one careful check A five-guess board crank light arose snake brand crane The supplied answer is crank. Read each row left to right: light gives ×××××; arose gives ↔✓×××; snake gives ×↔✓↔×; brand gives ×✓✓✓×; crane gives ✓✓✓✓×. ✓ is a correct position, ↔ is a letter elsewhere, and × means the guess has no unused copy of that letter Suppose you are choosing the sixth guess after these rows, without seeing the answer. The strongest fixed pattern is C R A N in positions one through four: crane confirms the first four letters, while brand confirms positions two to four. The final E in crane receives a grey result, so E does not fit as a copy in the answer. That leaves an open fifth position, not a proven K Inventory the clues before choosing Clue What it supports What it does not prove crane: ✓✓✓✓× C, R, A and N are in the first four positions The fifth letter is not identified by this row brand: ×✓✓✓× R, A and N are fixed in positions two, three and four B and D do not fit as unused copies arose: ↔✓××× R is fixed in position two; A is elsewhere from position one The row alone does not identify the fifth letter ## Check candidates, not just the pattern Now compare actual candidates from the supplied word bank. Crank fits the fixed C-R-A-N pattern and avoids the ruled-out E. Crane does not fit, because its fifth letter is E. Brand fails because its first letter is not the confirmed C, and snake conflicts with several confirmed positions. In this example crank is the answer, but the first four letters alone do not logically force K A useful final check Candidate that fits Crank matches C, R, A and N in their confirmed slots, with a different fifth letter from the E ruled out by crane Candidate that fails Crane looks close, but its final E conflicts with the grey result in the fifth position After crane receives ✓✓✓✓×, which conclusion is justified? The first four letters are C, R, A and N, and the fifth letter is still unknown The answer must be crank The letter E is confirmed in the fifth position The first four letters are C, R, A and N, and the fifth letter is still unknown Option 1 is correct: four green results confirm C, R, A and N in their positions, while the grey result rules out E there. This row does not by itself prove that the final letter is K Separate certainty from a good candidate Use confirmed positions as constraints, not as a complete answer. If several possibilities still fit what you know, choose carefully and accept that the clues may not guarantee a solve ## Make the last turn a deliberate decision Before submitting, scan all five rows once more and ask three questions: does the candidate preserve every green position, put each elsewhere letter somewhere other than its rejected slot, and avoid letters that the clues rule out? If any answer is no, eliminate that candidate. If it fits, it is a reasoned guess, not certainty. A solo loss lets you retry the same word, so the result does not require switching to a different puzzle - [Worduel: English](https://worduel.gg/) - [Worduel Unlimited](https://worduel.gg/wordle-unlimited/) Put the checklist into practice Start an English solo puzzle and take each clue into your next guess Play solo