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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "You haven't played any rounds yet. This is the first round."
}
] |
{
"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE",
"guess": "arose",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow",
"grey",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 1.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
|
{
"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think>For the first guess, I want to choose a word that maximizes the chance of discovering as many common letters as possible. Since I haven't received any feedback yet, I should pick a word with a variety of frequently used letters and no repeated characters to cover more ground. Words like \"adieu\" or \"stare\" are good options, but \"adieu\" contains a 'u' which is less common, and \"stare\" has common letters but repeats 'a' and 'e'. To maximize coverage, I will choose \"adieu\" because it contains five common vowels and a couple of consonants, which helps identify vowel presence early on. Alternatively, \"stare\" includes common consonants and vowels, but \"adieu\" is more vowel-rich, which is beneficial for initial exploration. Therefore, I will go with \"adieu\" as my first guess to gather information about vowels and some consonants.</think>\nAnswer: adieu",
"guess": "adieu",
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"grey",
"yellow",
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"base_reward": 0.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE"
}
] |
[
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>For the first guess, I want to choose a word that maximizes the chance of discovering as many common letters as possible. Since I haven't received any feedback yet, I should pick a word with a variety of frequently used letters and no repeated characters to cover more ground. Words like \"adieu\" or \"stare\" are good options, but \"adieu\" contains a 'u' which is less common, and \"stare\" has common letters but repeats 'a' and 'e'. To maximize coverage, I will choose \"adieu\" because it contains five common vowels and a couple of consonants, which helps identify vowel presence early on. Alternatively, \"stare\" includes common consonants and vowels, but \"adieu\" is more vowel-rich, which is beneficial for initial exploration. Therefore, I will go with \"adieu\" as my first guess to gather information about vowels and some consonants.</think>\nAnswer: adieu"
}
] |
gamut
| true
| 1
|
[
{
"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "You haven't played any rounds yet. This is the first round."
}
] |
{
"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>Since this is the first round, I want to choose a 5-letter word with all distinct letters and containing commonly used letters in English to maximize the information gained. Letters like E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S, L are frequent in English words. A good starting word that fits these criteria is \"SLATE\" — it has common letters S, L, A, T, E, all distinct, which will help me identify which letters are in the target word and their possible positions.</think>\nAnswer: SLATE",
"guess": "slate",
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"grey",
"grey",
"yellow",
"yellow",
"grey"
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"base_reward": 1,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
|
{
"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE",
"guess": "arose",
"score": [
"yellow",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 0.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
|
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{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>Since this is the first round, I want to choose a 5-letter word with all distinct letters and containing commonly used letters in English to maximize the information gained. Letters like E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S, L are frequent in English words. A good starting word that fits these criteria is \"SLATE\" — it has common letters S, L, A, T, E, all distinct, which will help me identify which letters are in the target word and their possible positions.</think>\nAnswer: SLATE"
}
] |
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{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE"
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] |
fuzzy
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| 5
|
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{
"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: adieu\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'yellow')\n ###\n ###\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 2\n YOUR GUESS: brush\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'grey', 'yellow', 'grey', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 3\n YOUR GUESS: lucky\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'green', 'grey', 'grey', 'green')\n ###\n ###\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 4\n YOUR GUESS: dummy\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'green', 'grey', 'grey', 'green')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): u, y\nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): u\nGrey Characters (Absent): a, b, c, d, e, h, i, k, l, m, r, s\n\nUnused Characters:\nf, g, j, n, o, p, q, t, v, w, x, z\n"
}
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>\nRound 4 Analysis:\nThe word 'dummy' confirmed that 'u' is in the second position and 'y' is in the fifth position. 'd', 'm' are confirmed grey.\n\nPotential Words:\nWe need to find words with 'u' as the second letter and 'y' as the fifth letter. We also know that 'u' is yellow in the first guess, meaning it exists in the word but not in the first position. Let's consider some options and try to use unused letters:\n\n* _u_ _ _y\nPossible letters for the first position: f, g, j, n, o, p, q, t, v, w, x, z\nPossible letters for the third and fourth positions: f, g, j, n, o, p, q, t, v, w, x, z (excluding u since it's already used elsewhere)\n\nLet's try 'funny' as it fits the criteria and uses new letters.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: funny",
"guess": "funny",
"score": [
"green",
"green",
"grey",
"grey",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 3,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
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{
"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think> Let's analyze the previous rounds carefully to understand what we know about the target word.\n\nIn round 1, the guess was \"adieu\" with the score ('grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'yellow'). This indicates:\n- a, d, i, e are not in the word.\n- u is in the word but not in the last position (since it's yellow in position 5).\n\nIn round 2, the guess was \"brush\" with the score ('grey', 'grey', 'yellow', 'grey', 'grey'):\n- b, r, s, h are not in the word.\n- u is again yellow in position 3, confirming u is in the word but not in position 3.\n\nIn round 3, the guess was \"lucky\" with the score ('grey', 'green', 'grey', 'grey', 'green'):\n- l, c, k, y are not in the word.\n- u is green in position 2, confirming u is correctly placed at position 2.\n- y is green in position 5, confirming y is correctly placed at position 5.\n\nIn round 4, the guess was \"dummy\" with the score ('grey', 'green', 'grey', 'grey', 'green'):\n- d, m, m are not in the word.\n- u remains green at position 2.\n- y remains green at position 5.\n\nSummarizing:\n- The word is 5 letters.\n- u is at position 2.\n- y is at position 5.\n- Letters a, d, e, h, i, k, l, m, r, s, c, b are not in the word.\n- u is not in positions 1, 3, 4, only confirmed at position 2.\n- y is only at position 5.\n\nRemaining possible letters:\n- For position 1: any letter except those eliminated, so f, g, j, n, o, p, q, t, v, w, x, z are still candidates.\n- For position 3 and 4: since no specific info, but they can't be a, d, e, h, i, k, l, m, r, s, c, b, and u/y are fixed at positions 2 and 5 respectively.\n\nGiven the constraints, the word must have:\n- u at position 2\n- y at position 5\n- No other known letters, but the first, third, and fourth positions are open.\n\nPossible words fitting these constraints:\n- The first letter can be any of the remaining unused letters.\n- The third and fourth positions are open but must not include eliminated letters.\n\nA good candidate is \"puffy\":\n- p at position 1\n- u at position 2\n- f at position 3\n- f at position 4\n- y at position 5\n\nCheck \"puffy\":\n- Does it contain any eliminated letters? p, u, f, y are all allowed.\n- u at position 2, y at position 5, matches known info.\n- No conflicting eliminated letters.\n\n\"puffy\" fits all constraints and is a common English word fitting the pattern.\n\n<think> The reasoning points toward \"puffy\" as the next best guess, given the constraints and the process of elimination. It uses the remaining plausible letters and confirms the known positions of u and y.</think>\nAnswer: puffy",
"guess": "puffy",
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"grey",
"green",
"yellow",
"grey",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 2.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nRound 4 Analysis:\nThe word 'dummy' confirmed that 'u' is in the second position and 'y' is in the fifth position. 'd', 'm' are confirmed grey.\n\nPotential Words:\nWe need to find words with 'u' as the second letter and 'y' as the fifth letter. We also know that 'u' is yellow in the first guess, meaning it exists in the word but not in the first position. Let's consider some options and try to use unused letters:\n\n* _u_ _ _y\nPossible letters for the first position: f, g, j, n, o, p, q, t, v, w, x, z\nPossible letters for the third and fourth positions: f, g, j, n, o, p, q, t, v, w, x, z (excluding u since it's already used elsewhere)\n\nLet's try 'funny' as it fits the criteria and uses new letters.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: funny"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think> Let's analyze the previous rounds carefully to understand what we know about the target word.\n\nIn round 1, the guess was \"adieu\" with the score ('grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'yellow'). This indicates:\n- a, d, i, e are not in the word.\n- u is in the word but not in the last position (since it's yellow in position 5).\n\nIn round 2, the guess was \"brush\" with the score ('grey', 'grey', 'yellow', 'grey', 'grey'):\n- b, r, s, h are not in the word.\n- u is again yellow in position 3, confirming u is in the word but not in position 3.\n\nIn round 3, the guess was \"lucky\" with the score ('grey', 'green', 'grey', 'grey', 'green'):\n- l, c, k, y are not in the word.\n- u is green in position 2, confirming u is correctly placed at position 2.\n- y is green in position 5, confirming y is correctly placed at position 5.\n\nIn round 4, the guess was \"dummy\" with the score ('grey', 'green', 'grey', 'grey', 'green'):\n- d, m, m are not in the word.\n- u remains green at position 2.\n- y remains green at position 5.\n\nSummarizing:\n- The word is 5 letters.\n- u is at position 2.\n- y is at position 5.\n- Letters a, d, e, h, i, k, l, m, r, s, c, b are not in the word.\n- u is not in positions 1, 3, 4, only confirmed at position 2.\n- y is only at position 5.\n\nRemaining possible letters:\n- For position 1: any letter except those eliminated, so f, g, j, n, o, p, q, t, v, w, x, z are still candidates.\n- For position 3 and 4: since no specific info, but they can't be a, d, e, h, i, k, l, m, r, s, c, b, and u/y are fixed at positions 2 and 5 respectively.\n\nGiven the constraints, the word must have:\n- u at position 2\n- y at position 5\n- No other known letters, but the first, third, and fourth positions are open.\n\nPossible words fitting these constraints:\n- The first letter can be any of the remaining unused letters.\n- The third and fourth positions are open but must not include eliminated letters.\n\nA good candidate is \"puffy\":\n- p at position 1\n- u at position 2\n- f at position 3\n- f at position 4\n- y at position 5\n\nCheck \"puffy\":\n- Does it contain any eliminated letters? p, u, f, y are all allowed.\n- u at position 2, y at position 5, matches known info.\n- No conflicting eliminated letters.\n\n\"puffy\" fits all constraints and is a common English word fitting the pattern.\n\n<think> The reasoning points toward \"puffy\" as the next best guess, given the constraints and the process of elimination. It uses the remaining plausible letters and confirms the known positions of u and y.</think>\nAnswer: puffy"
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] |
freer
| true
| 2
|
[
{
"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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{
"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: arose\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'green', 'grey', 'grey', 'yellow')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): r\nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): e\nGrey Characters (Absent): a, o, s\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think> In the first guess \"arose,\" the feedback indicates that:\n- 'r' is correct and in the second position.\n- 'e' is in the word but not in the fifth position.\n- 'a', 'o', and 's' are not in the word at all.\n\nFrom this, I know:\n- The second letter is 'r'.\n- 'e' is somewhere else, but not at position 5.\n- 'a', 'o', 's' are eliminated entirely.\n\nRemaining letters to consider:\n- For the first position, since 'a' is eliminated, it can't be 'a'.\n- For the fifth position, 'e' can't be at position 5, but it could be in positions 1-4.\n- 'r' is fixed at position 2.\n\nNext, I want to choose a word that:\n- Has 'r' in position 2.\n- Contains 'e' somewhere other than position 5.\n- Does not include 'a', 'o', or 's'.\n\nLooking at the unused characters, I see options like 'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'.\n\nTo maximize information, I should pick a word with diverse, common letters, including 'r' in position 2, and 'e' somewhere else.\n\nPossible candidate: \"fryer\" (f, r, y, e, r)\n- 'r' at position 2.\n- 'e' at position 4.\n- No 'a', 'o', 's'.\n- Contains 'f', 'y', which are unused and common enough.\n\n\"fryer\" will help confirm the position of 'e' and test new letters.\n\nAlternatively, \"drier\" (d, r, i, e, r)\n- 'r' at position 2.\n- 'e' at position 4.\n- No 'a', 'o', 's'.\n- 'd', 'i' are new.\n\nBetween \"fryer\" and \"drier,\" both are good. \"drier\" has more common letters ('d', 'i').\n\nI will choose \"drier\" because it tests 'd' and 'i' and confirms 'e' position.\n\nThis guess will help determine if 'e' is at position 4, and whether 'd' and 'i' are in the word.\n\n<think> The plan is to test 'd', 'i', and 'e' positions, and confirm the placement of 'r'. This will narrow down the possibilities significantly in the next round.</think>\nAnswer: drier",
"guess": "drier",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"grey",
"green",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 3,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>\nRound 1 Analysis:\nThe word contains 'r' as the second letter and 'e' but not in the last position. The letters 'a', 'o', and 's' are not present in the word.\n\nStrategy for Round 2:\nWe need to identify more letters and their potential positions. Let's try a word with 'e' in a different position and introduce some common consonants like 't', 'n', 'l', and 'd'. We'll avoid 'a', 'o', and 's'.\n\nPotential Word: 'trend'\nThis word places 'e' in the third position and introduces 't', 'n', 'd' which are common letters. 'r' is not used to explore other letters.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: trend",
"guess": "trend",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"green",
"grey",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 2,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think> In the first guess \"arose,\" the feedback indicates that:\n- 'r' is correct and in the second position.\n- 'e' is in the word but not in the fifth position.\n- 'a', 'o', and 's' are not in the word at all.\n\nFrom this, I know:\n- The second letter is 'r'.\n- 'e' is somewhere else, but not at position 5.\n- 'a', 'o', 's' are eliminated entirely.\n\nRemaining letters to consider:\n- For the first position, since 'a' is eliminated, it can't be 'a'.\n- For the fifth position, 'e' can't be at position 5, but it could be in positions 1-4.\n- 'r' is fixed at position 2.\n\nNext, I want to choose a word that:\n- Has 'r' in position 2.\n- Contains 'e' somewhere other than position 5.\n- Does not include 'a', 'o', or 's'.\n\nLooking at the unused characters, I see options like 'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'.\n\nTo maximize information, I should pick a word with diverse, common letters, including 'r' in position 2, and 'e' somewhere else.\n\nPossible candidate: \"fryer\" (f, r, y, e, r)\n- 'r' at position 2.\n- 'e' at position 4.\n- No 'a', 'o', 's'.\n- Contains 'f', 'y', which are unused and common enough.\n\n\"fryer\" will help confirm the position of 'e' and test new letters.\n\nAlternatively, \"drier\" (d, r, i, e, r)\n- 'r' at position 2.\n- 'e' at position 4.\n- No 'a', 'o', 's'.\n- 'd', 'i' are new.\n\nBetween \"fryer\" and \"drier,\" both are good. \"drier\" has more common letters ('d', 'i').\n\nI will choose \"drier\" because it tests 'd' and 'i' and confirms 'e' position.\n\nThis guess will help determine if 'e' is at position 4, and whether 'd' and 'i' are in the word.\n\n<think> The plan is to test 'd', 'i', and 'e' positions, and confirm the placement of 'r'. This will narrow down the possibilities significantly in the next round.</think>\nAnswer: drier"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nRound 1 Analysis:\nThe word contains 'r' as the second letter and 'e' but not in the last position. The letters 'a', 'o', and 's' are not present in the word.\n\nStrategy for Round 2:\nWe need to identify more letters and their potential positions. Let's try a word with 'e' in a different position and introduce some common consonants like 't', 'n', 'l', and 'd'. We'll avoid 'a', 'o', and 's'.\n\nPotential Word: 'trend'\nThis word places 'e' in the third position and introduces 't', 'n', 'd' which are common letters. 'r' is not used to explore other letters.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: trend"
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] |
crepe
| true
| 1
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
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"role": "user",
"content": "You haven't played any rounds yet. This is the first round."
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE",
"guess": "arose",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"grey",
"grey",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 2,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>Since this is the first round, I want to choose a 5-letter word with all distinct letters and common English letters to maximize the information gained. Letters like E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S, L are frequent in English words. A good starting word that covers many common letters without repetition is \"SLATE\". It contains S, L, A, T, E, which are all common and distinct. This will help me identify which of these common letters are in the target word and their positions if any.</think>\nAnswer: SLATE",
"guess": "slate",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 1,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>Since this is the first round, I want to choose a 5-letter word with all distinct letters and common English letters to maximize the information gained. Letters like E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S, L are frequent in English words. A good starting word that covers many common letters without repetition is \"SLATE\". It contains S, L, A, T, E, which are all common and distinct. This will help me identify which of these common letters are in the target word and their positions if any.</think>\nAnswer: SLATE"
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swash
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| 3
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: arose\n ROUND SCORE: ('yellow', 'grey', 'grey', 'green', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 2\n YOUR GUESS: clasp\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'grey', 'green', 'green', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): a, s\nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): a\nGrey Characters (Absent): c, e, l, o, p, r\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, n, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>From the previous rounds, we have the following information:\n\n- Green letters (correct position): 'a' at position 3, 's' at position 4.\n- Yellow letters (correct letter, wrong position): 'a' from the first guess, but since 'a' is green at position 3, the yellow 'a' must be from a different position in the first guess.\n- Grey letters (absent): c, e, l, o, p, r.\n\nFrom the first guess \"arose\" and its score ('yellow', 'grey', 'grey', 'green', 'grey'), the 'a' is yellow at position 1, meaning 'a' is in the word but not at position 1. The 's' is green at position 4 (index 3), so 's' is confirmed at position 4.\n\nFrom the second guess \"clasp\" and its score ('grey', 'grey', 'green', 'green', 'grey'), 'a' is green at position 3, 's' is green at position 4, and 'c', 'l', 'p' are grey.\n\nSo the word has 'a' at position 3 and 's' at position 4.\n\nLetters 'c', 'e', 'l', 'o', 'p', 'r' are not in the word.\n\nWe also know 'a' is not at position 1 (from the yellow in first guess).\n\nWe need to find a 5-letter word with 'a' at position 3, 's' at position 4, no 'c', 'e', 'l', 'o', 'p', 'r', and 'a' not at position 1.\n\nUnused letters are b, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, n, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.\n\nLet's try to find a word fitting these constraints.\n\nPositions:\n\n1: not 'a', not c, e, l, o, p, r\n\n2: not c, e, l, o, p, r\n\n3: 'a'\n\n4: 's'\n\n5: not c, e, l, o, p, r\n\nPossible words: \"swash\" (s w a s h), but 'w' is unused, 'h' is unused, 's' at position 1 is possible, but 'a' is at position 3, 's' at position 4, 'h' at position 5.\n\nCheck if 'swash' fits constraints:\n\n- 's' at position 1: allowed.\n\n- 'w' at position 2: allowed.\n\n- 'a' at position 3: correct.\n\n- 's' at position 4: correct.\n\n- 'h' at position 5: allowed.\n\nNo forbidden letters.\n\nAlternatively, \"swash\" fits.\n\nAnother word: \"swamp\" - but 'p' is grey.\n\n\"swash\" seems good.\n\nLet's guess \"swash\".</think>\nAnswer: swash",
"guess": "swash",
"score": [
"green",
"green",
"green",
"green",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": true
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{
"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think> \nLet's analyze the information from the previous rounds carefully:\n\n- From the first guess \"arose\":\n - Yellow: 'a' (meaning 'a' is in the word but not in position 1)\n - Grey: 'r', 'o', 's', 'e' (these letters are not in the word at all)\n- From the second guess \"clasp\":\n - Grey: 'c', 'l', 'p' (not in the word)\n - Green: 'a' (correct letter, correct position 2)\n - Green: 's' (correct letter, correct position 3)\n\nPutting this together:\n- 'a' is confirmed at position 2.\n- 's' is confirmed at position 3.\n- 'a' was previously yellow in position 1, so 'a' is not in position 1, but is in the word somewhere else (not position 2, which is confirmed for 'a').\n\nGrey letters:\n- 'c', 'e', 'l', 'o', 'p', 'r' are not in the word at all, so we can exclude these.\n\nRemaining possible letters:\n- From the unused list, the remaining options are: b, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, n, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.\n\nSince 'a' is at position 2, and 's' at position 3, the word looks like:\n- _ a s _ _\n\nThe first position cannot be 'a' (since 'a' was yellow in position 1), so it must be one of the remaining unused letters.\n\nThe last two positions are still unknown, but we should avoid repeating 'a' or 's' in positions 1, 4, or 5 unless confirmed.\n\nGiven the constraints, a good next guess would be a word that:\n- Has 'a' at position 2,\n- Has 's' at position 3,\n- Uses new, unused letters in other positions,\n- Avoids greyed-out letters.\n\nPossible options include words like \"wants\" (w, n, t, s), but 's' is at position 3, so 's' is fixed there.\n\n\"wants\" fits:\n- 'w' at position 1,\n- 'a' at position 2,\n- 'n' at position 3 (but 'n' is not in the word, since 'n' is not greyed out, but 'n' is unused, so okay),\n- 't' at position 4,\n- 's' at position 5.\n\nBut wait, 's' is at position 3, so \"wants\" would have 's' at position 5, which conflicts.\n\nAlternatively, \"swabs\" (s, w, a, b, s) - but 'b' is unused, and 's' is at position 1 and 5, which is inconsistent with previous info.\n\nAnother candidate: \"masks\" (m, a, s, k, s) - but 's' is at position 3, so \"masks\" has 's' at position 3, which matches.\n\nCheck \"masks\":\n- 'm' at position 1,\n- 'a' at position 2,\n- 's' at position 3,\n- 'k' at position 4,\n- 's' at position 5.\n\nLetters:\n- 'm', 'a', 's', 'k' are unused, and 's' is used twice, which is acceptable.\n\nAre 'm', 'k' in the unused list? Yes, they are.\n\nAre there any conflicts? No, because:\n- 'a' at position 2 (confirmed),\n- 's' at position 3 (confirmed),\n- 'm' and 'k' are unused and not greyed out.\n\nThis seems promising.\n\nAlternatively, \"tasks\" (t, a, s, k, s) - but 's' at position 3, so \"tasks\" has 's' at position 3, matching.\n\nCheck \"tasks\":\n- 't' at position 1,\n- 'a' at position 2,\n- 's' at position 3,\n- 'k' at position 4,\n- 's' at position 5.\n\nLetters:\n- 't', 'a', 's', 'k' are unused, and 's' appears twice, which is acceptable.\n\nBetween \"masks\" and \"tasks\", both fit the constraints.\n\nGiven the previous guesses, \"masks\" seems more common and fitting.\n\nTherefore, the next best guess is \"masks\".\n\n<think> \nThe reasoning indicates that \"masks\" fits all the constraints: 'a' at position 2, 's' at position 3, and uses only unused letters. It also avoids greyed-out letters. This should help confirm the placement of 'a' and 's' and potentially reveal other letters. \n</think> \n\nAnswer: masks",
"guess": "masks",
"score": [
"grey",
"yellow",
"yellow",
"grey",
"yellow"
],
"base_reward": 1.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>From the previous rounds, we have the following information:\n\n- Green letters (correct position): 'a' at position 3, 's' at position 4.\n- Yellow letters (correct letter, wrong position): 'a' from the first guess, but since 'a' is green at position 3, the yellow 'a' must be from a different position in the first guess.\n- Grey letters (absent): c, e, l, o, p, r.\n\nFrom the first guess \"arose\" and its score ('yellow', 'grey', 'grey', 'green', 'grey'), the 'a' is yellow at position 1, meaning 'a' is in the word but not at position 1. The 's' is green at position 4 (index 3), so 's' is confirmed at position 4.\n\nFrom the second guess \"clasp\" and its score ('grey', 'grey', 'green', 'green', 'grey'), 'a' is green at position 3, 's' is green at position 4, and 'c', 'l', 'p' are grey.\n\nSo the word has 'a' at position 3 and 's' at position 4.\n\nLetters 'c', 'e', 'l', 'o', 'p', 'r' are not in the word.\n\nWe also know 'a' is not at position 1 (from the yellow in first guess).\n\nWe need to find a 5-letter word with 'a' at position 3, 's' at position 4, no 'c', 'e', 'l', 'o', 'p', 'r', and 'a' not at position 1.\n\nUnused letters are b, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, n, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.\n\nLet's try to find a word fitting these constraints.\n\nPositions:\n\n1: not 'a', not c, e, l, o, p, r\n\n2: not c, e, l, o, p, r\n\n3: 'a'\n\n4: 's'\n\n5: not c, e, l, o, p, r\n\nPossible words: \"swash\" (s w a s h), but 'w' is unused, 'h' is unused, 's' at position 1 is possible, but 'a' is at position 3, 's' at position 4, 'h' at position 5.\n\nCheck if 'swash' fits constraints:\n\n- 's' at position 1: allowed.\n\n- 'w' at position 2: allowed.\n\n- 'a' at position 3: correct.\n\n- 's' at position 4: correct.\n\n- 'h' at position 5: allowed.\n\nNo forbidden letters.\n\nAlternatively, \"swash\" fits.\n\nAnother word: \"swamp\" - but 'p' is grey.\n\n\"swash\" seems good.\n\nLet's guess \"swash\".</think>\nAnswer: swash"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think> \nLet's analyze the information from the previous rounds carefully:\n\n- From the first guess \"arose\":\n - Yellow: 'a' (meaning 'a' is in the word but not in position 1)\n - Grey: 'r', 'o', 's', 'e' (these letters are not in the word at all)\n- From the second guess \"clasp\":\n - Grey: 'c', 'l', 'p' (not in the word)\n - Green: 'a' (correct letter, correct position 2)\n - Green: 's' (correct letter, correct position 3)\n\nPutting this together:\n- 'a' is confirmed at position 2.\n- 's' is confirmed at position 3.\n- 'a' was previously yellow in position 1, so 'a' is not in position 1, but is in the word somewhere else (not position 2, which is confirmed for 'a').\n\nGrey letters:\n- 'c', 'e', 'l', 'o', 'p', 'r' are not in the word at all, so we can exclude these.\n\nRemaining possible letters:\n- From the unused list, the remaining options are: b, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, n, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.\n\nSince 'a' is at position 2, and 's' at position 3, the word looks like:\n- _ a s _ _\n\nThe first position cannot be 'a' (since 'a' was yellow in position 1), so it must be one of the remaining unused letters.\n\nThe last two positions are still unknown, but we should avoid repeating 'a' or 's' in positions 1, 4, or 5 unless confirmed.\n\nGiven the constraints, a good next guess would be a word that:\n- Has 'a' at position 2,\n- Has 's' at position 3,\n- Uses new, unused letters in other positions,\n- Avoids greyed-out letters.\n\nPossible options include words like \"wants\" (w, n, t, s), but 's' is at position 3, so 's' is fixed there.\n\n\"wants\" fits:\n- 'w' at position 1,\n- 'a' at position 2,\n- 'n' at position 3 (but 'n' is not in the word, since 'n' is not greyed out, but 'n' is unused, so okay),\n- 't' at position 4,\n- 's' at position 5.\n\nBut wait, 's' is at position 3, so \"wants\" would have 's' at position 5, which conflicts.\n\nAlternatively, \"swabs\" (s, w, a, b, s) - but 'b' is unused, and 's' is at position 1 and 5, which is inconsistent with previous info.\n\nAnother candidate: \"masks\" (m, a, s, k, s) - but 's' is at position 3, so \"masks\" has 's' at position 3, which matches.\n\nCheck \"masks\":\n- 'm' at position 1,\n- 'a' at position 2,\n- 's' at position 3,\n- 'k' at position 4,\n- 's' at position 5.\n\nLetters:\n- 'm', 'a', 's', 'k' are unused, and 's' is used twice, which is acceptable.\n\nAre 'm', 'k' in the unused list? Yes, they are.\n\nAre there any conflicts? No, because:\n- 'a' at position 2 (confirmed),\n- 's' at position 3 (confirmed),\n- 'm' and 'k' are unused and not greyed out.\n\nThis seems promising.\n\nAlternatively, \"tasks\" (t, a, s, k, s) - but 's' at position 3, so \"tasks\" has 's' at position 3, matching.\n\nCheck \"tasks\":\n- 't' at position 1,\n- 'a' at position 2,\n- 's' at position 3,\n- 'k' at position 4,\n- 's' at position 5.\n\nLetters:\n- 't', 'a', 's', 'k' are unused, and 's' appears twice, which is acceptable.\n\nBetween \"masks\" and \"tasks\", both fit the constraints.\n\nGiven the previous guesses, \"masks\" seems more common and fitting.\n\nTherefore, the next best guess is \"masks\".\n\n<think> \nThe reasoning indicates that \"masks\" fits all the constraints: 'a' at position 2, 's' at position 3, and uses only unused letters. It also avoids greyed-out letters. This should help confirm the placement of 'a' and 's' and potentially reveal other letters. \n</think> \n\nAnswer: masks"
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slope
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| 1
|
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "You haven't played any rounds yet. This is the first round."
}
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{
"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE",
"guess": "arose",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"green",
"yellow",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 2.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
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{
"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think>For the first guess, I want to choose a word that maximizes the chance of discovering as many different letters as possible. Since the goal is to gather information about which letters are in the hidden word, selecting a word with common, frequently used letters in English and with all distinct letters is ideal. Words like \"adieu\" or \"stare\" are good options, but \"adieu\" contains a 'u' which is less common, and \"stare\" repeats 's' and 't' which are common but not as diverse. \"Crane\" is a popular choice because it contains common letters 'c', 'r', 'a', 'n', 'e' with no repeats, covering a broad spectrum of vowels and consonants. Alternatively, \"slate\" or \"adieu\" are also good options. Considering the balance of vowels and consonants, \"crane\" is a solid initial guess because it includes common vowels 'a' and 'e' and consonants 'c', 'r', 'n' that are frequently used. This will help identify which of these letters are in the hidden word and their positions, setting a good foundation for subsequent guesses.</think>\nAnswer: crane",
"guess": "crane",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 1,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>For the first guess, I want to choose a word that maximizes the chance of discovering as many different letters as possible. Since the goal is to gather information about which letters are in the hidden word, selecting a word with common, frequently used letters in English and with all distinct letters is ideal. Words like \"adieu\" or \"stare\" are good options, but \"adieu\" contains a 'u' which is less common, and \"stare\" repeats 's' and 't' which are common but not as diverse. \"Crane\" is a popular choice because it contains common letters 'c', 'r', 'a', 'n', 'e' with no repeats, covering a broad spectrum of vowels and consonants. Alternatively, \"slate\" or \"adieu\" are also good options. Considering the balance of vowels and consonants, \"crane\" is a solid initial guess because it includes common vowels 'a' and 'e' and consonants 'c', 'r', 'n' that are frequently used. This will help identify which of these letters are in the hidden word and their positions, setting a good foundation for subsequent guesses.</think>\nAnswer: crane"
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mamma
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| 2
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: arose\n ROUND SCORE: ('yellow', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): \nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): a\nGrey Characters (Absent): e, o, r, s\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>\nThe first guess, \"arose,\" revealed that 'a' is in the word but not in the first position. The other letters are not present. Since we have lots of unused characters, we should prioritize exploration. Let's try a word with 'a' in a different position and introduce some common consonants and vowels. A good candidate would be \"claim\". It reuses 'a' in a new position and introduces 'c', 'l', 'i', and 'm', which are common letters.\n</think>\nAnswer: claim",
"guess": "claim",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow",
"grey",
"yellow"
],
"base_reward": 1,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"arose,\" we learned the following:\n- The letter 'a' is in the word but not in the first position (yellow).\n- The letters 'e', 'o', 'r', and 's' are not in the word (grey).\n- We know the word does not contain these letters: e, o, r, s.\n- The letter 'a' must be somewhere other than the first position.\n\nGiven this, for the next guess, I want to:\n- Include 'a' but not in the first position.\n- Avoid letters e, o, r, s.\n- Use new letters to gather more information.\n- Use common letters like t, l, n, i, c, d, m, p, u, etc.\n\nA good candidate word could be \"plant\":\n- 'a' is in the third position, not the first.\n- Letters p, l, n, t are new and common.\n- No forbidden letters.\n\nThis guess will help confirm the position of 'a' and test new letters.\n</think>\nAnswer: plant",
"guess": "plant",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow",
"grey",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 0.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nThe first guess, \"arose,\" revealed that 'a' is in the word but not in the first position. The other letters are not present. Since we have lots of unused characters, we should prioritize exploration. Let's try a word with 'a' in a different position and introduce some common consonants and vowels. A good candidate would be \"claim\". It reuses 'a' in a new position and introduces 'c', 'l', 'i', and 'm', which are common letters.\n</think>\nAnswer: claim"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"arose,\" we learned the following:\n- The letter 'a' is in the word but not in the first position (yellow).\n- The letters 'e', 'o', 'r', and 's' are not in the word (grey).\n- We know the word does not contain these letters: e, o, r, s.\n- The letter 'a' must be somewhere other than the first position.\n\nGiven this, for the next guess, I want to:\n- Include 'a' but not in the first position.\n- Avoid letters e, o, r, s.\n- Use new letters to gather more information.\n- Use common letters like t, l, n, i, c, d, m, p, u, etc.\n\nA good candidate word could be \"plant\":\n- 'a' is in the third position, not the first.\n- Letters p, l, n, t are new and common.\n- No forbidden letters.\n\nThis guess will help confirm the position of 'a' and test new letters.\n</think>\nAnswer: plant"
}
] |
ranch
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| 2
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: crane\n ROUND SCORE: ('yellow', 'yellow', 'yellow', 'yellow', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): \nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): a, c, n, r\nGrey Characters (Absent): e\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, o, p, q, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
}
] |
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"crane,\" we learned the following:\n\n- Letters 'c', 'r', 'a', and 'n' are in the word but in different positions (yellow).\n- Letter 'e' is not in the word (grey).\n- None of the letters are green, so none are in the correct position yet.\n\nOur goal now is to place the yellow letters ('c', 'r', 'a', 'n') in new positions, avoiding the positions they were in the first guess:\n\n- 'c' was in position 1 (index 0) → avoid position 0\n- 'r' was in position 2 (index 1) → avoid position 1\n- 'a' was in position 3 (index 2) → avoid position 2\n- 'n' was in position 4 (index 3) → avoid position 3\n- Position 5 (index 4) was 'e' which is grey, so avoid 'e' there.\n\nWe also know 'e' is not in the word, so we should avoid it entirely.\n\nWe want to try a word that uses these four letters in new positions and includes a new letter to gather more information.\n\nLet's try to find a 5-letter word that contains 'c', 'r', 'a', 'n' but not 'e', with the letters in different positions than before.\n\nOne possible word is \"ranch\":\n\n- r (index 0) - previously at index 1, so new position\n- a (index 1) - previously at index 2, new position\n- n (index 2) - previously at index 3, new position\n- c (index 4) - previously at index 0, new position\n- h (index 3) - new letter to test\n\nThis word fits all constraints and tests a new letter 'h'.\n\nTherefore, the next guess is \"ranch\".\n</think>\nAnswer: ranch",
"guess": "ranch",
"score": [
"green",
"green",
"green",
"green",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": true
}
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>The feedback from \"crane\" is interesting – four yellows and one grey. This means 'c', 'r', 'a', and 'n' are in the word, but not in those positions, and 'e' is not in the word at all. Let's try rearranging these letters and incorporating an unused one. A good candidate word might be \"narco\". It repositions the known letters and introduces 'o'.</think>\nAnswer: narco",
"guess": "narco",
"score": [
"yellow",
"green",
"yellow",
"green",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 3,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"crane,\" we learned the following:\n\n- Letters 'c', 'r', 'a', and 'n' are in the word but in different positions (yellow).\n- Letter 'e' is not in the word (grey).\n- None of the letters are green, so none are in the correct position yet.\n\nOur goal now is to place the yellow letters ('c', 'r', 'a', 'n') in new positions, avoiding the positions they were in the first guess:\n\n- 'c' was in position 1 (index 0) → avoid position 0\n- 'r' was in position 2 (index 1) → avoid position 1\n- 'a' was in position 3 (index 2) → avoid position 2\n- 'n' was in position 4 (index 3) → avoid position 3\n- Position 5 (index 4) was 'e' which is grey, so avoid 'e' there.\n\nWe also know 'e' is not in the word, so we should avoid it entirely.\n\nWe want to try a word that uses these four letters in new positions and includes a new letter to gather more information.\n\nLet's try to find a 5-letter word that contains 'c', 'r', 'a', 'n' but not 'e', with the letters in different positions than before.\n\nOne possible word is \"ranch\":\n\n- r (index 0) - previously at index 1, so new position\n- a (index 1) - previously at index 2, new position\n- n (index 2) - previously at index 3, new position\n- c (index 4) - previously at index 0, new position\n- h (index 3) - new letter to test\n\nThis word fits all constraints and tests a new letter 'h'.\n\nTherefore, the next guess is \"ranch\".\n</think>\nAnswer: ranch"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>The feedback from \"crane\" is interesting – four yellows and one grey. This means 'c', 'r', 'a', and 'n' are in the word, but not in those positions, and 'e' is not in the word at all. Let's try rearranging these letters and incorporating an unused one. A good candidate word might be \"narco\". It repositions the known letters and introduces 'o'.</think>\nAnswer: narco"
}
] |
amply
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| 2
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{
"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: arose\n ROUND SCORE: ('green', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): a\nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): \nGrey Characters (Absent): e, o, r, s\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
}
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{
"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>From the first guess \"arose,\" we learned that the letter 'a' is correct and in the first position (green). The letters e, o, r, s are not in the word at all (grey). So the word starts with 'a' and does not contain e, o, r, or s.\n\nWe have many unused letters left: b, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.\n\nFor the next guess, we want to keep 'a' in the first position and try new letters in the other positions to gather more information. We should avoid letters e, o, r, s.\n\nA good word would be \"adult\" — it starts with 'a', uses new letters d, u, l, t, and avoids the grey letters. This will help us test new letters and possibly find more green or yellow letters.</think>\nAnswer: adult",
"guess": "adult",
"score": [
"green",
"grey",
"grey",
"green",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 2,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
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{
"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>\nThe first guess, \"arose,\" revealed that 'a' is the correct first letter. The other letters are not in the word. Now we need to explore other common letters. Let's try a word with 'a' at the beginning and includes some common consonants and vowels like 'l', 'i', 'n', 't'.\n</think>\nAnswer: align",
"guess": "align",
"score": [
"green",
"yellow",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 1.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>From the first guess \"arose,\" we learned that the letter 'a' is correct and in the first position (green). The letters e, o, r, s are not in the word at all (grey). So the word starts with 'a' and does not contain e, o, r, or s.\n\nWe have many unused letters left: b, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.\n\nFor the next guess, we want to keep 'a' in the first position and try new letters in the other positions to gather more information. We should avoid letters e, o, r, s.\n\nA good word would be \"adult\" — it starts with 'a', uses new letters d, u, l, t, and avoids the grey letters. This will help us test new letters and possibly find more green or yellow letters.</think>\nAnswer: adult"
}
] |
[
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nThe first guess, \"arose,\" revealed that 'a' is the correct first letter. The other letters are not in the word. Now we need to explore other common letters. Let's try a word with 'a' at the beginning and includes some common consonants and vowels like 'l', 'i', 'n', 't'.\n</think>\nAnswer: align"
}
] |
dummy
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| 2
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{
"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: arose\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): \nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): \nGrey Characters (Absent): a, e, o, r, s\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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] |
{
"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>From the first guess \"arose,\" all letters came back grey, meaning none of these letters (a, r, o, s, e) are in the word. This is valuable information as it eliminates a significant portion of common vowels and consonants. The word must be composed of letters from the unused set: b, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.\n\nSince the first guess eliminated all vowels except i, u, and y (sometimes considered a vowel), the next guess should include some of these vowels to test which vowels are present. Also, the guess should use letters not yet tried to maximize information gain.\n\nA good strategy is to pick a word with distinct letters, including some of the remaining vowels (i, u, y) and common consonants like t, l, n, m, d.\n\nOne possible word is \"plumb\":\n- p, l, u, m, b\n- Uses u as a vowel candidate\n- All letters are unused so far\n- Distinct letters to maximize information\n\nThis guess will help test if u is in the word and also test some common consonants.</think>\nAnswer: plumb",
"guess": "plumb",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow",
"green",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 1.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
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"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think> In the first round, the guess \"arose\" resulted in all grey feedback, indicating that none of the letters a, r, o, s, e are in the target word. This is valuable information because it allows us to eliminate these five letters entirely from consideration. The remaining alphabet includes b, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.\n\nGiven that \"arose\" was a common starting word with diverse letters, the fact that all its letters are absent suggests the target word does not contain any of these five letters. Now, for the second guess, I should select a word that uses only the remaining unused characters, preferably with a mix of common consonants and vowels to maximize information gain.\n\nLooking at the remaining alphabet, I notice that \"t\" and \"i\" are quite common in English words, and \"l\" and \"n\" are also frequent. To cover a broad range of possible letters, I will choose a word that includes \"t,\" \"i,\" \"l,\" and \"n,\" along with other unused letters, to test multiple possibilities.\n\nA good candidate is \"plint\" or \"clint,\" but \"clint\" is a proper noun, so \"plint\" is not a standard English word. Alternatively, \"blink\" is a common word, but it contains \"b,\" \"l,\" \"i,\" \"n,\" \"k,\" which are all unused and not yet tested. \"blink\" is a good choice because it introduces \"b,\" \"l,\" \"i,\" \"n,\" and \"k,\" covering several unused letters.\n\nChoosing \"blink\" allows us to test \"b,\" \"l,\" \"i,\" \"n,\" and \"k.\" This will help determine if any of these letters are in the target word and their positions. If some letters turn green or yellow, we can narrow down the possibilities further. If all are grey, we eliminate these letters as well.\n\nIn summary, the second guess \"blink\" is strategic because it introduces new, common letters and helps narrow down the set of possible target words efficiently. It balances exploration and information gathering, which is crucial early in the game.\n\nAnswer: blink",
"guess": "blink",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 0,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>From the first guess \"arose,\" all letters came back grey, meaning none of these letters (a, r, o, s, e) are in the word. This is valuable information as it eliminates a significant portion of common vowels and consonants. The word must be composed of letters from the unused set: b, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.\n\nSince the first guess eliminated all vowels except i, u, and y (sometimes considered a vowel), the next guess should include some of these vowels to test which vowels are present. Also, the guess should use letters not yet tried to maximize information gain.\n\nA good strategy is to pick a word with distinct letters, including some of the remaining vowels (i, u, y) and common consonants like t, l, n, m, d.\n\nOne possible word is \"plumb\":\n- p, l, u, m, b\n- Uses u as a vowel candidate\n- All letters are unused so far\n- Distinct letters to maximize information\n\nThis guess will help test if u is in the word and also test some common consonants.</think>\nAnswer: plumb"
}
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[
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think> In the first round, the guess \"arose\" resulted in all grey feedback, indicating that none of the letters a, r, o, s, e are in the target word. This is valuable information because it allows us to eliminate these five letters entirely from consideration. The remaining alphabet includes b, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.\n\nGiven that \"arose\" was a common starting word with diverse letters, the fact that all its letters are absent suggests the target word does not contain any of these five letters. Now, for the second guess, I should select a word that uses only the remaining unused characters, preferably with a mix of common consonants and vowels to maximize information gain.\n\nLooking at the remaining alphabet, I notice that \"t\" and \"i\" are quite common in English words, and \"l\" and \"n\" are also frequent. To cover a broad range of possible letters, I will choose a word that includes \"t,\" \"i,\" \"l,\" and \"n,\" along with other unused letters, to test multiple possibilities.\n\nA good candidate is \"plint\" or \"clint,\" but \"clint\" is a proper noun, so \"plint\" is not a standard English word. Alternatively, \"blink\" is a common word, but it contains \"b,\" \"l,\" \"i,\" \"n,\" \"k,\" which are all unused and not yet tested. \"blink\" is a good choice because it introduces \"b,\" \"l,\" \"i,\" \"n,\" and \"k,\" covering several unused letters.\n\nChoosing \"blink\" allows us to test \"b,\" \"l,\" \"i,\" \"n,\" and \"k.\" This will help determine if any of these letters are in the target word and their positions. If some letters turn green or yellow, we can narrow down the possibilities further. If all are grey, we eliminate these letters as well.\n\nIn summary, the second guess \"blink\" is strategic because it introduces new, common letters and helps narrow down the set of possible target words efficiently. It balances exploration and information gathering, which is crucial early in the game.\n\nAnswer: blink"
}
] |
brunt
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| 2
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[
{
"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: adieu\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'yellow')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): \nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): u\nGrey Characters (Absent): a, d, e, i\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, c, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z\n"
}
] |
{
"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think> \nIn the first round, the guess \"adieu\" provided valuable information. The score indicates that none of the letters a, d, e, i are in the target word, but u is present and in the wrong position. This means the target contains the letter u, but not in the second position (since \"dieu\" was guessed and u was yellow). Also, the other guessed letters are eliminated from the target word.\n\nFrom the used characters, we know:\n- Green: none\n- Yellow: u (not in position 2)\n- Grey: a, d, e, i (not in the word at all)\n\nRemaining possible letters include all except a, d, e, i, and the position of u must be somewhere other than second.\n\nGiven the constraints, the next step is to choose a word that:\n- Contains u, but not in position 2\n- Does not contain a, d, e, i\n- Uses other common consonants and vowels to maximize information gain\n\nA good strategy is to pick a word with u in a different position, and with other common consonants to test for additional letters. For example, \"crust\" contains u in position 3, and introduces c, r, s, t, which are common and untested. This will help determine if these letters are in the word and where u might be.\n\nAlternatively, \"scurf\" also contains u in position 4, with s, c, r, f, which are common and untested. Both options are good, but \"crust\" is more straightforward and contains common consonants.\n\nChoosing \"crust\" allows us to test the position of u (which is now at position 3), and also check for c, r, s, t. If the target contains any of these, the feedback will help narrow down the possibilities.\n\nThis approach balances testing for the presence of u in different positions and exploring common consonants, maximizing the chance of uncovering more information in the next round.\n\n</think> \nAnswer: crust",
"guess": "crust",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"green",
"grey",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 3,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"adieu,\" we learned that the letters a, d, e, and i are not in the word (all grey), and the letter u is in the word but not in the fifth position (yellow). So, the word contains 'u' somewhere other than the last position.\n\nWe need to guess a word that:\n- Does not contain a, d, e, or i.\n- Contains 'u' but not in the fifth position.\n- Uses new letters to maximize information gain.\n\nLet's consider common letters that are still unused: r, s, t, l, n, o, c, m, p, etc.\n\nWe want a 5-letter word with 'u' not at the end, no a, d, e, i, and preferably distinct letters to gather more info.\n\nPossible words: \"plumb\" (p, l, u, m, b), \"trunk\" (t, r, u, n, k), \"lunch\" (l, u, n, c, h), \"crust\" (c, r, u, s, t).\n\n\"Plumb\" has letters p, l, u, m, b - all unused and 'u' in the third position, which is allowed.\n\n\"Trunk\" has t, r, u, n, k - all unused and 'u' in the third position.\n\n\"Lunch\" has l, u, n, c, h - all unused and 'u' in the second position.\n\n\"Crust\" has c, r, u, s, t - all unused and 'u' in the third position.\n\nAmong these, \"lunch\" places 'u' in the second position, which is a different position than the first guess's fifth position, so it helps test 'u' placement.\n\nI will choose \"lunch\" as the next guess to test 'u' in the second position and gather info on new letters.\n</think>\nAnswer: lunch",
"guess": "lunch",
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"grey",
"yellow",
"yellow",
"grey",
"grey"
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"base_reward": 1,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think> \nIn the first round, the guess \"adieu\" provided valuable information. The score indicates that none of the letters a, d, e, i are in the target word, but u is present and in the wrong position. This means the target contains the letter u, but not in the second position (since \"dieu\" was guessed and u was yellow). Also, the other guessed letters are eliminated from the target word.\n\nFrom the used characters, we know:\n- Green: none\n- Yellow: u (not in position 2)\n- Grey: a, d, e, i (not in the word at all)\n\nRemaining possible letters include all except a, d, e, i, and the position of u must be somewhere other than second.\n\nGiven the constraints, the next step is to choose a word that:\n- Contains u, but not in position 2\n- Does not contain a, d, e, i\n- Uses other common consonants and vowels to maximize information gain\n\nA good strategy is to pick a word with u in a different position, and with other common consonants to test for additional letters. For example, \"crust\" contains u in position 3, and introduces c, r, s, t, which are common and untested. This will help determine if these letters are in the word and where u might be.\n\nAlternatively, \"scurf\" also contains u in position 4, with s, c, r, f, which are common and untested. Both options are good, but \"crust\" is more straightforward and contains common consonants.\n\nChoosing \"crust\" allows us to test the position of u (which is now at position 3), and also check for c, r, s, t. If the target contains any of these, the feedback will help narrow down the possibilities.\n\nThis approach balances testing for the presence of u in different positions and exploring common consonants, maximizing the chance of uncovering more information in the next round.\n\n</think> \nAnswer: crust"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"adieu,\" we learned that the letters a, d, e, and i are not in the word (all grey), and the letter u is in the word but not in the fifth position (yellow). So, the word contains 'u' somewhere other than the last position.\n\nWe need to guess a word that:\n- Does not contain a, d, e, or i.\n- Contains 'u' but not in the fifth position.\n- Uses new letters to maximize information gain.\n\nLet's consider common letters that are still unused: r, s, t, l, n, o, c, m, p, etc.\n\nWe want a 5-letter word with 'u' not at the end, no a, d, e, i, and preferably distinct letters to gather more info.\n\nPossible words: \"plumb\" (p, l, u, m, b), \"trunk\" (t, r, u, n, k), \"lunch\" (l, u, n, c, h), \"crust\" (c, r, u, s, t).\n\n\"Plumb\" has letters p, l, u, m, b - all unused and 'u' in the third position, which is allowed.\n\n\"Trunk\" has t, r, u, n, k - all unused and 'u' in the third position.\n\n\"Lunch\" has l, u, n, c, h - all unused and 'u' in the second position.\n\n\"Crust\" has c, r, u, s, t - all unused and 'u' in the third position.\n\nAmong these, \"lunch\" places 'u' in the second position, which is a different position than the first guess's fifth position, so it helps test 'u' placement.\n\nI will choose \"lunch\" as the next guess to test 'u' in the second position and gather info on new letters.\n</think>\nAnswer: lunch"
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golem
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| 2
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: arose\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'grey', 'yellow', 'grey', 'yellow')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): \nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): e, o\nGrey Characters (Absent): a, r, s\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"arose,\" we learned the following:\n- Letters 'a', 'r', and 's' are not in the word (grey).\n- Letters 'o' and 'e' are in the word but not in the positions guessed (yellow).\n- The word contains 'o' and 'e' but not at positions 3 and 5 respectively.\n- We need to avoid 'a', 'r', and 's' completely.\n- We should try placing 'o' and 'e' in different positions than 3 and 5.\n- The letters 'o' and 'e' must be included somewhere else in the word.\n- We have many unused letters to try, so let's pick a word with 'o' and 'e' in new positions and no 'a', 'r', or 's'.\n\nA good guess would be \"clove\":\n- 'o' is in position 3 (which was yellow before, so we should avoid position 3 for 'o').\nSo \"clove\" places 'o' in position 3 again, which is not ideal.\n\nTry \"elope\":\n- 'e' in position 1 and 5, 'o' in position 3 again, so no.\n\nTry \"hotel\":\n- 'o' in position 2, 'e' in position 4, no 'a', 'r', 's'.\n- 'o' was yellow in position 3, so position 2 is new for 'o'.\n- 'e' was yellow in position 5, so position 4 is new for 'e'.\n\n\"hotel\" fits the constraints well.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: hotel",
"guess": "hotel",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"grey",
"green",
"yellow"
],
"base_reward": 2.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
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"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think> In the first round, the guess \"arose\" provided valuable information. The grey feedback for 'a', 'r', and 's' indicates these letters are not in the target word at all. The yellow feedback for 'o' and 'e' means these letters are in the word but in different positions than guessed. The positions of 'o' and 'e' in \"arose\" are 3 and 4, respectively, so in the target word, 'o' and 'e' are present but not in positions 3 and 4.\n\nFrom the used characters, we know:\n- 'e' and 'o' are in the word but misplaced.\n- 'a', 'r', 's' are not in the word at all.\n\nThe unused characters include many options, but to maximize information, I should choose a word that includes 'e' and 'o' in different positions, avoids 'a', 'r', 's', and introduces new letters to test.\n\nA good second guess would be a word that:\n- Contains 'e' and 'o' in different positions than in \"arose\".\n- Uses distinct new letters to explore more options.\n- Does not include 'a', 'r', 's'.\n\nPossible options include \"clove\" (c, l, o, v, e). It places 'o' in position 3, which is the same as in \"arose\", so perhaps better to choose a word with 'o' in a different position, like position 2 or 5.\n\n\"Vexed\" includes 'e' but not 'o', so not ideal.\n\n\"Joked\" includes 'o' in position 2 and 'e' in position 5, which is promising.\n\nLet's analyze \"joked\":\n- 'j' (new letter)\n- 'o' in position 2 (different from position 3 in \"arose\")\n- 'k' (new)\n- 'e' in position 5 (different from position 4 in \"arose\")\n- 'd' (new)\n\nThis guess tests 'o' and 'e' in new positions, introduces new letters, and avoids 'a', 'r', 's'.\n\nIf the feedback indicates 'o' and 'e' are in the word but misplaced, this will help narrow down their positions.\n\nTherefore, I choose \"joked\" as the next guess to maximize information gain and move closer to the solution.</think>\nAnswer: joked",
"guess": "joked",
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"grey",
"green",
"grey",
"green",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 2,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"arose,\" we learned the following:\n- Letters 'a', 'r', and 's' are not in the word (grey).\n- Letters 'o' and 'e' are in the word but not in the positions guessed (yellow).\n- The word contains 'o' and 'e' but not at positions 3 and 5 respectively.\n- We need to avoid 'a', 'r', and 's' completely.\n- We should try placing 'o' and 'e' in different positions than 3 and 5.\n- The letters 'o' and 'e' must be included somewhere else in the word.\n- We have many unused letters to try, so let's pick a word with 'o' and 'e' in new positions and no 'a', 'r', or 's'.\n\nA good guess would be \"clove\":\n- 'o' is in position 3 (which was yellow before, so we should avoid position 3 for 'o').\nSo \"clove\" places 'o' in position 3 again, which is not ideal.\n\nTry \"elope\":\n- 'e' in position 1 and 5, 'o' in position 3 again, so no.\n\nTry \"hotel\":\n- 'o' in position 2, 'e' in position 4, no 'a', 'r', 's'.\n- 'o' was yellow in position 3, so position 2 is new for 'o'.\n- 'e' was yellow in position 5, so position 4 is new for 'e'.\n\n\"hotel\" fits the constraints well.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: hotel"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think> In the first round, the guess \"arose\" provided valuable information. The grey feedback for 'a', 'r', and 's' indicates these letters are not in the target word at all. The yellow feedback for 'o' and 'e' means these letters are in the word but in different positions than guessed. The positions of 'o' and 'e' in \"arose\" are 3 and 4, respectively, so in the target word, 'o' and 'e' are present but not in positions 3 and 4.\n\nFrom the used characters, we know:\n- 'e' and 'o' are in the word but misplaced.\n- 'a', 'r', 's' are not in the word at all.\n\nThe unused characters include many options, but to maximize information, I should choose a word that includes 'e' and 'o' in different positions, avoids 'a', 'r', 's', and introduces new letters to test.\n\nA good second guess would be a word that:\n- Contains 'e' and 'o' in different positions than in \"arose\".\n- Uses distinct new letters to explore more options.\n- Does not include 'a', 'r', 's'.\n\nPossible options include \"clove\" (c, l, o, v, e). It places 'o' in position 3, which is the same as in \"arose\", so perhaps better to choose a word with 'o' in a different position, like position 2 or 5.\n\n\"Vexed\" includes 'e' but not 'o', so not ideal.\n\n\"Joked\" includes 'o' in position 2 and 'e' in position 5, which is promising.\n\nLet's analyze \"joked\":\n- 'j' (new letter)\n- 'o' in position 2 (different from position 3 in \"arose\")\n- 'k' (new)\n- 'e' in position 5 (different from position 4 in \"arose\")\n- 'd' (new)\n\nThis guess tests 'o' and 'e' in new positions, introduces new letters, and avoids 'a', 'r', 's'.\n\nIf the feedback indicates 'o' and 'e' are in the word but misplaced, this will help narrow down their positions.\n\nTherefore, I choose \"joked\" as the next guess to maximize information gain and move closer to the solution.</think>\nAnswer: joked"
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tepid
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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"role": "user",
"content": "You haven't played any rounds yet. This is the first round."
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>Since this is the first round, I want to choose a 5-letter word with all distinct letters and containing commonly used letters in English to maximize the information gained. Letters like E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S, L are frequent in English words. A good starting word that fits these criteria is \"SLATE\". It has common letters S, L, A, T, E, all distinct, which will help me learn about the presence or absence of these common letters in the hidden word.</think>\nAnswer: SLATE",
"guess": "slate",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow",
"yellow"
],
"base_reward": 1,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE",
"guess": "arose",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow"
],
"base_reward": 0.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>Since this is the first round, I want to choose a 5-letter word with all distinct letters and containing commonly used letters in English to maximize the information gained. Letters like E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S, L are frequent in English words. A good starting word that fits these criteria is \"SLATE\". It has common letters S, L, A, T, E, all distinct, which will help me learn about the presence or absence of these common letters in the hidden word.</think>\nAnswer: SLATE"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE"
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elite
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: slate\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'green', 'grey', 'green', 'green')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): e, l, t\nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): \nGrey Characters (Absent): a, s\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, n, o, p, q, r, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think> In the first round, the guess \"slate\" provided valuable information. The feedback indicates that the letters 'l', 't', and 'e' are in the correct positions: 'l' in position 2, 't' in position 4, and 'e' in position 5. The letters 'a' and 's' are not in the word at all, which helps eliminate many options. The remaining letters 's' and 'a' are confirmed absent, so I can exclude words containing these. The other unused characters are potential candidates for the remaining positions.\n\nGiven the known positions:\n- Position 2: 'l'\n- Position 4: 't'\n- Position 5: 'e'\n\nThe first and third positions are still unknown, but I know that 'a' and 's' are not in the word. The only confirmed letters are 'l', 't', and 'e' in specific spots.\n\nTo narrow down the possibilities, I should consider words that:\n- Have 'l' as the second letter\n- Have 't' as the fourth letter\n- Have 'e' as the fifth letter\n- Do not contain 'a' or 's'\n- Have other letters in the first and third positions, avoiding the eliminated characters\n\nLooking at common five-letter words fitting this pattern, one promising candidate is \"clote.\" However, \"clote\" isn't a standard English word. Another candidate is \"blote,\" but that's also not standard.\n\nA better approach is to think of common words with 'l' in position 2, 't' in position 4, and 'e' at the end, avoiding 'a' and 's'. Words like \"clote\" or \"flute\" come to mind, but \"flute\" has 'u' in position 2, which conflicts with 'l' in position 2.\n\nConsidering the pattern, \"clote\" isn't valid, but \"clote\" isn't a standard word. \"Plote\" is also not standard. \"Glote\" is not common either.\n\nAnother candidate is \"elute,\" which is a valid word. Let's check \"elute\":\n- 'e' in position 1\n- 'l' in position 2\n- 'u' in position 3\n- 't' in position 4\n- 'e' in position 5\n\nThis matches the known positions: 'l' at 2, 't' at 4, 'e' at 5. It also doesn't contain 'a' or 's'. The only concern is whether 'u' is a good choice; it's among the unused characters, so it's acceptable.\n\n\"Elute\" is a valid English word meaning to extract or wash out, fitting the context.\n\nTherefore, the next guess should be \"elute\" to confirm the placement of 'u' and further narrow down the possibilities.\n\n<think> The word \"elute\" fits all the known constraints and introduces the letter 'u', which hasn't been tested yet. It also confirms the positions of 'l', 't', and 'e'. This will help determine if 'u' is in the word and whether the current pattern is correct. If the feedback from \"elute\" confirms the positions, I can proceed to identify the remaining letters. If not, I will adjust accordingly. Given the current information, \"elute\" is a strategic next guess.</think>\nAnswer: elute",
"guess": "elute",
"score": [
"green",
"green",
"grey",
"green",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 4,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>\nRound 1 Analysis:\nThe feedback from \"slate\" is quite helpful. We know the correct positions of 'l', 'a', and 't', which occupy the 2nd, 4th, and 5th positions respectively. 's' and 'e' are not in the word.\n\nRound 2 Strategy:\nWe need to find consonants to fill the 1st and 3rd positions. Common consonants that often appear with 'l', 'a', and 't' include 'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'r', and 'w'. Let's try a word with some of these, avoiding 's' and 'e'. A good candidate might be \"blood\". However, we already know 'l' is the second letter, so let's try 'b' and 'd' in the first and third positions. A good word could be \"blind\".\n</think>\nAnswer: blind",
"guess": "blind",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"green",
"grey",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 2,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think> In the first round, the guess \"slate\" provided valuable information. The feedback indicates that the letters 'l', 't', and 'e' are in the correct positions: 'l' in position 2, 't' in position 4, and 'e' in position 5. The letters 'a' and 's' are not in the word at all, which helps eliminate many options. The remaining letters 's' and 'a' are confirmed absent, so I can exclude words containing these. The other unused characters are potential candidates for the remaining positions.\n\nGiven the known positions:\n- Position 2: 'l'\n- Position 4: 't'\n- Position 5: 'e'\n\nThe first and third positions are still unknown, but I know that 'a' and 's' are not in the word. The only confirmed letters are 'l', 't', and 'e' in specific spots.\n\nTo narrow down the possibilities, I should consider words that:\n- Have 'l' as the second letter\n- Have 't' as the fourth letter\n- Have 'e' as the fifth letter\n- Do not contain 'a' or 's'\n- Have other letters in the first and third positions, avoiding the eliminated characters\n\nLooking at common five-letter words fitting this pattern, one promising candidate is \"clote.\" However, \"clote\" isn't a standard English word. Another candidate is \"blote,\" but that's also not standard.\n\nA better approach is to think of common words with 'l' in position 2, 't' in position 4, and 'e' at the end, avoiding 'a' and 's'. Words like \"clote\" or \"flute\" come to mind, but \"flute\" has 'u' in position 2, which conflicts with 'l' in position 2.\n\nConsidering the pattern, \"clote\" isn't valid, but \"clote\" isn't a standard word. \"Plote\" is also not standard. \"Glote\" is not common either.\n\nAnother candidate is \"elute,\" which is a valid word. Let's check \"elute\":\n- 'e' in position 1\n- 'l' in position 2\n- 'u' in position 3\n- 't' in position 4\n- 'e' in position 5\n\nThis matches the known positions: 'l' at 2, 't' at 4, 'e' at 5. It also doesn't contain 'a' or 's'. The only concern is whether 'u' is a good choice; it's among the unused characters, so it's acceptable.\n\n\"Elute\" is a valid English word meaning to extract or wash out, fitting the context.\n\nTherefore, the next guess should be \"elute\" to confirm the placement of 'u' and further narrow down the possibilities.\n\n<think> The word \"elute\" fits all the known constraints and introduces the letter 'u', which hasn't been tested yet. It also confirms the positions of 'l', 't', and 'e'. This will help determine if 'u' is in the word and whether the current pattern is correct. If the feedback from \"elute\" confirms the positions, I can proceed to identify the remaining letters. If not, I will adjust accordingly. Given the current information, \"elute\" is a strategic next guess.</think>\nAnswer: elute"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nRound 1 Analysis:\nThe feedback from \"slate\" is quite helpful. We know the correct positions of 'l', 'a', and 't', which occupy the 2nd, 4th, and 5th positions respectively. 's' and 'e' are not in the word.\n\nRound 2 Strategy:\nWe need to find consonants to fill the 1st and 3rd positions. Common consonants that often appear with 'l', 'a', and 't' include 'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'r', and 'w'. Let's try a word with some of these, avoiding 's' and 'e'. A good candidate might be \"blood\". However, we already know 'l' is the second letter, so let's try 'b' and 'd' in the first and third positions. A good word could be \"blind\".\n</think>\nAnswer: blind"
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winch
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| 2
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: crane\n ROUND SCORE: ('yellow', 'grey', 'grey', 'yellow', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): \nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): c, n\nGrey Characters (Absent): a, e, r\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, o, p, q, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"crane,\" we learned the following:\n\n- Letters 'c' and 'n' are in the word but not in the positions 1 and 4 respectively (since they were yellow).\n- Letters 'a', 'e', and 'r' are not in the word at all (grey).\n- We have no green letters yet, so no confirmed positions.\n\nGiven that 'c' and 'n' are in the word but not in positions 1 and 4, we should try placing them in different positions this time.\n\nWe also want to avoid letters 'a', 'e', and 'r' since they are grey.\n\nWe should try a word with 'c' and 'n' in different positions, no 'a', 'e', or 'r', and use new letters to gather more information.\n\nPossible letters to use: b, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, o, p, q, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n\nLet's try the word \"clint\":\n\n- 'c' at position 1 (previously yellow at position 1, so 'c' can't be at position 1) - so 'c' at position 1 is invalid.\n\nTry \"nicet\":\n\n- 'n' at position 1 (previously yellow at position 4, so 'n' can't be at position 4, but position 1 is okay)\n- 'c' at position 3 (previously yellow at position 1, so 'c' can't be at position 1, so position 3 is okay)\n- 'e' is grey, so no 'e' allowed.\n\nTry \"pinch\":\n\n- 'p' new letter\n- 'i' new letter\n- 'n' at position 3 (allowed)\n- 'c' at position 4 (allowed)\n- 'h' new letter\n\nNo 'a', 'e', or 'r' in this word.\n\nThis fits the constraints and tests new letters.\n\nTherefore, \"pinch\" is a good guess.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: pinch",
"guess": "pinch",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"green",
"green",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 4,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
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{
"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think> \nIn the first round, the guess \"crane\" provided valuable information. The yellow feedback for 'c' and 'n' indicates these letters are in the word but not in the second and fourth positions, respectively. The grey feedback for 'a', 'e', and 'r' confirms these letters are not in the word at all. The other letters 'c', 'n', and 's' are still potential candidates, with 's' remaining untested.\n\nFrom the used characters, we know:\n- Green: none yet\n- Yellow: c, n\n- Grey: a, e, r\n\nThe unused characters include many common consonants and vowels, but notably, 's' is still available, which is a common letter in English words.\n\nGiven the yellow clues:\n- 'c' is not in position 2\n- 'n' is not in position 4\n\nTo maximize information, the next guess should include 'c' and 'n' in different positions, and avoid 'a', 'e', 'r'. Also, including other common letters like 's' and vowels like 'i' or 'o' could help.\n\nA good strategy is to pick a word that contains 'c' and 'n' in different positions, includes other common letters, and avoids known grey letters. For example, \"climb\" introduces 'c' and 'n' (if we consider 'n' in the word), but it doesn't have 'n'. Alternatively, \"scion\" contains 's', 'c', 'i', 'o', 'n'—it uses 'c' and 'n' in different positions, includes vowels, and introduces 's' which is still unused.\n\n\"scion\" is a strong candidate because:\n- It contains 'c' and 'n' in different positions.\n- It introduces 's', which is untested.\n- It includes vowels 'i' and 'o', helping narrow down vowel presence.\n- It avoids grey letters 'a', 'e', 'r'.\n\nThis guess will help confirm the positions of 'c' and 'n', test for 's', and gather more vowel information, which is crucial for solving the puzzle efficiently. \n</think> \n\nAnswer: scion",
"guess": "scion",
"score": [
"grey",
"yellow",
"yellow",
"grey",
"yellow"
],
"base_reward": 1.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"crane,\" we learned the following:\n\n- Letters 'c' and 'n' are in the word but not in the positions 1 and 4 respectively (since they were yellow).\n- Letters 'a', 'e', and 'r' are not in the word at all (grey).\n- We have no green letters yet, so no confirmed positions.\n\nGiven that 'c' and 'n' are in the word but not in positions 1 and 4, we should try placing them in different positions this time.\n\nWe also want to avoid letters 'a', 'e', and 'r' since they are grey.\n\nWe should try a word with 'c' and 'n' in different positions, no 'a', 'e', or 'r', and use new letters to gather more information.\n\nPossible letters to use: b, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, o, p, q, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n\nLet's try the word \"clint\":\n\n- 'c' at position 1 (previously yellow at position 1, so 'c' can't be at position 1) - so 'c' at position 1 is invalid.\n\nTry \"nicet\":\n\n- 'n' at position 1 (previously yellow at position 4, so 'n' can't be at position 4, but position 1 is okay)\n- 'c' at position 3 (previously yellow at position 1, so 'c' can't be at position 1, so position 3 is okay)\n- 'e' is grey, so no 'e' allowed.\n\nTry \"pinch\":\n\n- 'p' new letter\n- 'i' new letter\n- 'n' at position 3 (allowed)\n- 'c' at position 4 (allowed)\n- 'h' new letter\n\nNo 'a', 'e', or 'r' in this word.\n\nThis fits the constraints and tests new letters.\n\nTherefore, \"pinch\" is a good guess.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: pinch"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think> \nIn the first round, the guess \"crane\" provided valuable information. The yellow feedback for 'c' and 'n' indicates these letters are in the word but not in the second and fourth positions, respectively. The grey feedback for 'a', 'e', and 'r' confirms these letters are not in the word at all. The other letters 'c', 'n', and 's' are still potential candidates, with 's' remaining untested.\n\nFrom the used characters, we know:\n- Green: none yet\n- Yellow: c, n\n- Grey: a, e, r\n\nThe unused characters include many common consonants and vowels, but notably, 's' is still available, which is a common letter in English words.\n\nGiven the yellow clues:\n- 'c' is not in position 2\n- 'n' is not in position 4\n\nTo maximize information, the next guess should include 'c' and 'n' in different positions, and avoid 'a', 'e', 'r'. Also, including other common letters like 's' and vowels like 'i' or 'o' could help.\n\nA good strategy is to pick a word that contains 'c' and 'n' in different positions, includes other common letters, and avoids known grey letters. For example, \"climb\" introduces 'c' and 'n' (if we consider 'n' in the word), but it doesn't have 'n'. Alternatively, \"scion\" contains 's', 'c', 'i', 'o', 'n'—it uses 'c' and 'n' in different positions, includes vowels, and introduces 's' which is still unused.\n\n\"scion\" is a strong candidate because:\n- It contains 'c' and 'n' in different positions.\n- It introduces 's', which is untested.\n- It includes vowels 'i' and 'o', helping narrow down vowel presence.\n- It avoids grey letters 'a', 'e', 'r'.\n\nThis guess will help confirm the positions of 'c' and 'n', test for 's', and gather more vowel information, which is crucial for solving the puzzle efficiently. \n</think> \n\nAnswer: scion"
}
] |
missy
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| 2
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[
{
"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: arose\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'green', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): s\nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): \nGrey Characters (Absent): a, e, o, r\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>\nRound 1 Analysis:\nThe guess \"arose\" revealed that 's' is the fourth letter of the target word. The letters 'a', 'r', 'o', and 'e' are not present in the word.\n\nRound 2 Strategy:\nWe need to identify the remaining four letters. Let's choose a word with distinct letters, excluding the already known grey letters, and including the green 's' in the fourth position. A good candidate could be \"lists\". This allows us to check for the presence of 'l', 'i', 't', while keeping 's' in its correct position.\n</think>\nAnswer: lists",
"guess": "lists",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"green",
"grey",
"yellow"
],
"base_reward": 2.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"arose,\" we learned that the letter 's' is correct and in the fourth position. Letters 'a', 'r', 'o', and 'e' are not in the word at all. \n\nSo, the word looks like: _ _ _ s _\n\nWe need to find a 5-letter word with 's' in the fourth position, and none of the letters a, r, o, e.\n\nWe also want to try letters that haven't been used yet to maximize information gain.\n\nLet's consider common letters like t, l, n, i, u, d, c, m, p, etc.\n\nWe can try the word \"plush\":\n- p, l, u, s, h\n- 's' is in the fourth position as required.\n- None of the letters p, l, u, h are in the grey list.\n- All letters are distinct and common.\n\nThis guess will help us check for letters p, l, u, h and confirm the position of 's'.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: plush",
"guess": "plush",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"green",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 1,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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[
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nRound 1 Analysis:\nThe guess \"arose\" revealed that 's' is the fourth letter of the target word. The letters 'a', 'r', 'o', and 'e' are not present in the word.\n\nRound 2 Strategy:\nWe need to identify the remaining four letters. Let's choose a word with distinct letters, excluding the already known grey letters, and including the green 's' in the fourth position. A good candidate could be \"lists\". This allows us to check for the presence of 'l', 'i', 't', while keeping 's' in its correct position.\n</think>\nAnswer: lists"
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[
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"arose,\" we learned that the letter 's' is correct and in the fourth position. Letters 'a', 'r', 'o', and 'e' are not in the word at all. \n\nSo, the word looks like: _ _ _ s _\n\nWe need to find a 5-letter word with 's' in the fourth position, and none of the letters a, r, o, e.\n\nWe also want to try letters that haven't been used yet to maximize information gain.\n\nLet's consider common letters like t, l, n, i, u, d, c, m, p, etc.\n\nWe can try the word \"plush\":\n- p, l, u, s, h\n- 's' is in the fourth position as required.\n- None of the letters p, l, u, h are in the grey list.\n- All letters are distinct and common.\n\nThis guess will help us check for letters p, l, u, h and confirm the position of 's'.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: plush"
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] |
sixth
| true
| 1
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[
{
"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "You haven't played any rounds yet. This is the first round."
}
] |
{
"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think>For the first guess, I want to choose a word that maximizes the chance of discovering as many common letters as possible. Since I haven't received any feedback yet, I should pick a word with a variety of frequently used letters, ideally all distinct, to cover a broad spectrum of the alphabet. Common letters in English include E, T, A, O, I, N, S, R, H, and D. To maximize coverage, I can select a word that contains several of these letters without repeats. A good choice might be \"STARE\" because it includes common vowels and consonants, and all letters are distinct. This will help identify which of these frequent letters are in the hidden word and their positions, setting a solid foundation for subsequent guesses.</think>\nAnswer: STARE",
"guess": "stare",
"score": [
"green",
"yellow",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 1.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
|
{
"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>Since this is the first round, I want to choose a 5-letter word with all distinct letters and containing commonly used letters in English. This will maximize the information I get about which letters are in the hidden word. Letters like E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S are common. A good starting word that covers many common letters without repetition is \"CRANE\". It has C, R, A, N, E, which are all common and distinct.</think>\nAnswer: CRANE",
"guess": "crane",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 0,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>For the first guess, I want to choose a word that maximizes the chance of discovering as many common letters as possible. Since I haven't received any feedback yet, I should pick a word with a variety of frequently used letters, ideally all distinct, to cover a broad spectrum of the alphabet. Common letters in English include E, T, A, O, I, N, S, R, H, and D. To maximize coverage, I can select a word that contains several of these letters without repeats. A good choice might be \"STARE\" because it includes common vowels and consonants, and all letters are distinct. This will help identify which of these frequent letters are in the hidden word and their positions, setting a solid foundation for subsequent guesses.</think>\nAnswer: STARE"
}
] |
[
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>Since this is the first round, I want to choose a 5-letter word with all distinct letters and containing commonly used letters in English. This will maximize the information I get about which letters are in the hidden word. Letters like E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S are common. A good starting word that covers many common letters without repetition is \"CRANE\". It has C, R, A, N, E, which are all common and distinct.</think>\nAnswer: CRANE"
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brawl
| true
| 2
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[
{
"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: arose\n ROUND SCORE: ('yellow', 'green', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): r\nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): a\nGrey Characters (Absent): e, o, s\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
}
] |
{
"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>\nRound 1 Analysis:\nThe word 'arose' revealed some crucial information. 'r' is correctly placed at the second position. 'a' is present in the word but not at the first position. 'e', 'o', and 's' are not in the word.\n\nRound 2 Strategy:\nWe need to find a word that doesn't contain 'e', 'o', or 's', has 'r' as the second letter, and includes 'a' but not in the first position. Let's try to incorporate some common consonants like 't', 'n', 'l', and 'd'. A good candidate might be 'trail'. It fits the criteria and introduces several new letters.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: trail",
"guess": "trail",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"green",
"grey",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 3,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
|
{
"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think> In the first round, the guess \"arose\" provided valuable information. The green letter 'r' is confirmed in the second position. The yellow 'a' indicates that 'a' is in the word but not in the first position. The grey letters 'e', 'o', and 's' are not in the word at all, so we can exclude these from future guesses. The remaining unused characters are a broad set, but we should focus on common consonants and vowels that haven't been tested yet.\n\nGiven that 'a' is in the word but not at position 1, and 'r' is at position 2, the word structure so far is _ r _ _ with 'a' somewhere else. Since 'a' isn't at position 1, it could be at positions 3, 4, or 5. The other grey letters 'e', 'o', 's' are eliminated, so no 'e', 'o', or 's' in the word.\n\nTo maximize information, I should choose a word that includes 'a' in positions 3, 4, or 5, and 'r' in position 2, with other common consonants and vowels to test new letters. Words like \"brank\" or \"cramp\" could be good options, but \"cramp\" contains 'c', 'm', 'p' which are unused and common. \"Brank\" has 'b', 'n', 'k', which are also unused and useful.\n\nBetween these, \"cramp\" is a strong candidate because it introduces 'c', 'm', 'p', and 'a' in different positions, and 'r' is already confirmed at position 2. It will help determine if 'c', 'm', or 'p' are in the word, and the placement of 'a'.\n\nAlternatively, \"brank\" introduces 'b', 'n', 'k', and 'a', with 'r' fixed at position 2. It also tests different consonants and the position of 'a'.\n\nGiven the goal to explore common letters and maximize information, I will choose \"cramp\" because it tests 'c', 'm', 'p', and 'a' in different positions, and 'r' is already known at position 2.\n\nThis guess will help confirm or eliminate 'c', 'm', 'p', and 'a' in the word, and further narrow down the possibilities.\n\nIn summary, \"cramp\" is a strategic next guess to explore new consonants and the position of 'a', while confirming the placement of 'r'. It balances exploration of new letters with leveraging the known 'r' and 'a' positions.\n\nAnswer: cramp",
"guess": "cramp",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"green",
"grey",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 2,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
|
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{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nRound 1 Analysis:\nThe word 'arose' revealed some crucial information. 'r' is correctly placed at the second position. 'a' is present in the word but not at the first position. 'e', 'o', and 's' are not in the word.\n\nRound 2 Strategy:\nWe need to find a word that doesn't contain 'e', 'o', or 's', has 'r' as the second letter, and includes 'a' but not in the first position. Let's try to incorporate some common consonants like 't', 'n', 'l', and 'd'. A good candidate might be 'trail'. It fits the criteria and introduces several new letters.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: trail"
}
] |
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think> In the first round, the guess \"arose\" provided valuable information. The green letter 'r' is confirmed in the second position. The yellow 'a' indicates that 'a' is in the word but not in the first position. The grey letters 'e', 'o', and 's' are not in the word at all, so we can exclude these from future guesses. The remaining unused characters are a broad set, but we should focus on common consonants and vowels that haven't been tested yet.\n\nGiven that 'a' is in the word but not at position 1, and 'r' is at position 2, the word structure so far is _ r _ _ with 'a' somewhere else. Since 'a' isn't at position 1, it could be at positions 3, 4, or 5. The other grey letters 'e', 'o', 's' are eliminated, so no 'e', 'o', or 's' in the word.\n\nTo maximize information, I should choose a word that includes 'a' in positions 3, 4, or 5, and 'r' in position 2, with other common consonants and vowels to test new letters. Words like \"brank\" or \"cramp\" could be good options, but \"cramp\" contains 'c', 'm', 'p' which are unused and common. \"Brank\" has 'b', 'n', 'k', which are also unused and useful.\n\nBetween these, \"cramp\" is a strong candidate because it introduces 'c', 'm', 'p', and 'a' in different positions, and 'r' is already confirmed at position 2. It will help determine if 'c', 'm', or 'p' are in the word, and the placement of 'a'.\n\nAlternatively, \"brank\" introduces 'b', 'n', 'k', and 'a', with 'r' fixed at position 2. It also tests different consonants and the position of 'a'.\n\nGiven the goal to explore common letters and maximize information, I will choose \"cramp\" because it tests 'c', 'm', 'p', and 'a' in different positions, and 'r' is already known at position 2.\n\nThis guess will help confirm or eliminate 'c', 'm', 'p', and 'a' in the word, and further narrow down the possibilities.\n\nIn summary, \"cramp\" is a strategic next guess to explore new consonants and the position of 'a', while confirming the placement of 'r'. It balances exploration of new letters with leveraging the known 'r' and 'a' positions.\n\nAnswer: cramp"
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elate
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| 3
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: slate\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'green', 'green', 'green', 'green')\n ###\n ###\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 2\n YOUR GUESS: plate\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'green', 'green', 'green', 'green')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): a, e, l, t\nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): \nGrey Characters (Absent): p, s\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, n, o, q, r, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>The word is almost complete. We know the last four letters are \"late\". We just need to find the first letter. We've already tried 's' and 'p', and they were both grey. Let's try 'b'.</think>\nAnswer: blate",
"guess": "blate",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"green",
"green",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 4,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
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"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think> \nIn the first two rounds, the guesses \"slate\" and \"plate\" both resulted in the same pattern: only the second, third, fourth, and fifth letters are green, indicating they are correct and in the right positions. The first letter in both guesses, 's' and 'p', are grey, meaning these letters are not in the word at all. The green letters identified are 'a', 'l', 't', and 'e', which are confirmed to be in the word and correctly placed in positions 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively. \n\nFrom this, I can deduce the following: \n- The word is five letters long. \n- The second letter is 'a'. \n- The third letter is 'l'. \n- The fourth letter is 't'. \n- The fifth letter is 'e'. \n- The first letter is not 's' or 'p', and it is not among the grey letters: b, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, n, o, q, r, u, v, w, x, y, z. \n\nGiven the confirmed positions, the pattern of the word is: _ a l t e. \n\nNow, considering the remaining unused characters, the first letter must be a letter not in the grey list and not among the used green or yellow letters. The grey list includes many common consonants, but notably, 'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'q', 'r', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z' are greyed out. The only remaining consonants not in the grey list are 'j', 'k', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', but many are greyed out. \n\nActually, 'j', 'k', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z' are either greyed out or unlikely. The only plausible options are 'j' or 'k' (since 'k' is greyed out, so no), and 'j' is not greyed out. But 'j' is greyed out in the list, so it's not in the word. \n\nLooking at the remaining options, the only plausible first letter is 'j' (but it's greyed out), so no. The other options are 'v', 'w', 'x', 'z', all greyed out. \n\nTherefore, the only remaining options for the first letter are among the remaining ungreyed consonants, but from the grey list, it seems all common consonants are eliminated. \n\nBut wait, the grey list includes 'r', which is in the list of common consonants, but it's greyed out, so 'r' is not in the word. \n\nGiven the constraints, the only remaining plausible first letter is 'v' or 'w' or 'z', but 'w' and 'z' are greyed out. 'V' is not greyed out, so 'v' could be the first letter. \n\nNow, considering the pattern: V a l t e. \n\nPossible words fitting this pattern include \"valet\" (which is a valid English word). \n\n\"Valet\" fits the pattern: 'v' in position 1, 'a' in position 2, 'l' in position 3, 't' in position 4, 'e' in position 5. \n\nIt uses only the letters confirmed and fits the constraints. \n\nTherefore, the most probable word is \"valet\". \n\n<think> \nAnswer: valet",
"guess": "valet",
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"grey",
"yellow",
"yellow",
"yellow",
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"base_reward": 2,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>The word is almost complete. We know the last four letters are \"late\". We just need to find the first letter. We've already tried 's' and 'p', and they were both grey. Let's try 'b'.</think>\nAnswer: blate"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think> \nIn the first two rounds, the guesses \"slate\" and \"plate\" both resulted in the same pattern: only the second, third, fourth, and fifth letters are green, indicating they are correct and in the right positions. The first letter in both guesses, 's' and 'p', are grey, meaning these letters are not in the word at all. The green letters identified are 'a', 'l', 't', and 'e', which are confirmed to be in the word and correctly placed in positions 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively. \n\nFrom this, I can deduce the following: \n- The word is five letters long. \n- The second letter is 'a'. \n- The third letter is 'l'. \n- The fourth letter is 't'. \n- The fifth letter is 'e'. \n- The first letter is not 's' or 'p', and it is not among the grey letters: b, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, n, o, q, r, u, v, w, x, y, z. \n\nGiven the confirmed positions, the pattern of the word is: _ a l t e. \n\nNow, considering the remaining unused characters, the first letter must be a letter not in the grey list and not among the used green or yellow letters. The grey list includes many common consonants, but notably, 'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'q', 'r', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z' are greyed out. The only remaining consonants not in the grey list are 'j', 'k', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', but many are greyed out. \n\nActually, 'j', 'k', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z' are either greyed out or unlikely. The only plausible options are 'j' or 'k' (since 'k' is greyed out, so no), and 'j' is not greyed out. But 'j' is greyed out in the list, so it's not in the word. \n\nLooking at the remaining options, the only plausible first letter is 'j' (but it's greyed out), so no. The other options are 'v', 'w', 'x', 'z', all greyed out. \n\nTherefore, the only remaining options for the first letter are among the remaining ungreyed consonants, but from the grey list, it seems all common consonants are eliminated. \n\nBut wait, the grey list includes 'r', which is in the list of common consonants, but it's greyed out, so 'r' is not in the word. \n\nGiven the constraints, the only remaining plausible first letter is 'v' or 'w' or 'z', but 'w' and 'z' are greyed out. 'V' is not greyed out, so 'v' could be the first letter. \n\nNow, considering the pattern: V a l t e. \n\nPossible words fitting this pattern include \"valet\" (which is a valid English word). \n\n\"Valet\" fits the pattern: 'v' in position 1, 'a' in position 2, 'l' in position 3, 't' in position 4, 'e' in position 5. \n\nIt uses only the letters confirmed and fits the constraints. \n\nTherefore, the most probable word is \"valet\". \n\n<think> \nAnswer: valet"
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brawn
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: crane\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'green', 'green', 'yellow', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 2\n YOUR GUESS: train\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'green', 'green', 'grey', 'green')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): a, n, r\nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): n\nGrey Characters (Absent): c, e, i, t\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, o, p, q, s, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>\nRound 3:\nWe know the correct positions for 'r', 'a', and 'n'. The structure is 'r a _ n'. We also know that 'n' is not in the fourth position, and 'e', 'i', and 't' are not in the word.\n\nLet's try a word that fits the known pattern and uses some untried consonants. A good candidate might be 'drawn'. This allows us to test 'd', 'w', and confirms 'n' in the final position.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: drawn",
"guess": "drawn",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"green",
"green",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 4,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>From the previous guesses and their feedback, let's analyze the information:\n\n1. Guess 1: \"crane\"\n - c: grey (not in word)\n - r: green (correct position 2)\n - a: green (correct position 3)\n - n: yellow (in word but not position 4)\n - e: grey (not in word)\n\n2. Guess 2: \"train\"\n - t: grey (not in word)\n - r: green (correct position 2)\n - a: green (correct position 3)\n - i: grey (not in word)\n - n: green (correct position 5)\n\nFrom this, we know:\n- Positions 2, 3, and 5 are r, a, and n respectively.\n- Letter n is yellow in position 4 in guess 1, but green in position 5 in guess 2, so n is definitely at position 5.\n- Letters c, e, t, i are not in the word.\n- Letter n is confirmed at position 5.\n- Letter r is confirmed at position 2.\n- Letter a is confirmed at position 3.\n\nSo the word pattern is: _ r a _ n\n\nWe need to find letters for positions 1 and 4.\n\nLetters c, e, t, i are excluded, so we should try other common letters.\n\nLet's try \"urban\":\n- u (position 1)\n- r (position 2) - green\n- a (position 3) - green\n- b (position 4)\n- n (position 5) - green\n\n\"urban\" fits the pattern and uses unused letters u and b.\n\nAlternatively, \"organ\" fits the pattern:\n- o (1)\n- r (2)\n- a (3)\n- g (4)\n- n (5)\n\nBut o and g are unused letters, so either could work.\n\nBetween \"urban\" and \"organ,\" both fit the pattern.\n\nI'll choose \"organ\" as it is a common English word and fits the pattern well.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: organ",
"guess": "organ",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"grey",
"yellow",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 2.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nRound 3:\nWe know the correct positions for 'r', 'a', and 'n'. The structure is 'r a _ n'. We also know that 'n' is not in the fourth position, and 'e', 'i', and 't' are not in the word.\n\nLet's try a word that fits the known pattern and uses some untried consonants. A good candidate might be 'drawn'. This allows us to test 'd', 'w', and confirms 'n' in the final position.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: drawn"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>From the previous guesses and their feedback, let's analyze the information:\n\n1. Guess 1: \"crane\"\n - c: grey (not in word)\n - r: green (correct position 2)\n - a: green (correct position 3)\n - n: yellow (in word but not position 4)\n - e: grey (not in word)\n\n2. Guess 2: \"train\"\n - t: grey (not in word)\n - r: green (correct position 2)\n - a: green (correct position 3)\n - i: grey (not in word)\n - n: green (correct position 5)\n\nFrom this, we know:\n- Positions 2, 3, and 5 are r, a, and n respectively.\n- Letter n is yellow in position 4 in guess 1, but green in position 5 in guess 2, so n is definitely at position 5.\n- Letters c, e, t, i are not in the word.\n- Letter n is confirmed at position 5.\n- Letter r is confirmed at position 2.\n- Letter a is confirmed at position 3.\n\nSo the word pattern is: _ r a _ n\n\nWe need to find letters for positions 1 and 4.\n\nLetters c, e, t, i are excluded, so we should try other common letters.\n\nLet's try \"urban\":\n- u (position 1)\n- r (position 2) - green\n- a (position 3) - green\n- b (position 4)\n- n (position 5) - green\n\n\"urban\" fits the pattern and uses unused letters u and b.\n\nAlternatively, \"organ\" fits the pattern:\n- o (1)\n- r (2)\n- a (3)\n- g (4)\n- n (5)\n\nBut o and g are unused letters, so either could work.\n\nBetween \"urban\" and \"organ,\" both fit the pattern.\n\nI'll choose \"organ\" as it is a common English word and fits the pattern well.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: organ"
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quoth
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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{
"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: arose\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'grey', 'green', 'grey', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): o\nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): \nGrey Characters (Absent): a, e, r, s\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>From the first guess \"arose,\" we learned that the letter 'o' is in the correct position (third letter), and the letters a, r, s, e are not in the word at all. So the word looks like: _ _ o _ _.\n\nWe have no yellow letters, so no letters are known to be in the word but in the wrong position.\n\nWe should now guess a word that has 'o' as the third letter, does not contain a, r, s, or e, and uses new letters to maximize information gain.\n\nLet's consider common letters that are not yet used: t, l, n, d, c, m, p, h, i, u, etc.\n\nA good guess could be \"plomb\" (p l o m b), but 'b' is less common.\n\nAnother option is \"clout\" (c l o u t), which uses common letters and fits the pattern.\n\n\"Clout\" has c, l, o, u, t, none of which have been ruled out.\n\nAlternatively, \"glory\" has 'r' and 'y' but 'r' is grey, so no.\n\n\"Blood\" has 'b' and 'l' but double 'o' is not likely since only one 'o' is green.\n\n\"Blond\" is possible.\n\n\"Count\" is another option.\n\nBetween these, \"clout\" is a good choice because it uses common letters, has 'o' in the third position, and no forbidden letters.\n\nTherefore, the next guess is \"clout.\"</think>\nAnswer: clout",
"guess": "clout",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"green",
"yellow",
"yellow"
],
"base_reward": 2,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>\nRound 1 Analysis:\nThe feedback from \"arose\" tells us that 'o' is the correct letter in the 3rd position, while 'a', 'r', 's', and 'e' are not in the word.\n\nRound 2 Strategy:\nWe need to find four more letters. Let's try a word with common letters that haven't been used yet, keeping 'o' in the third position. A good candidate could be \"pilot\". This introduces 'p', 'i', 'l', and 't', which are all relatively common.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: pilot",
"guess": "pilot",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow",
"yellow"
],
"base_reward": 1,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>From the first guess \"arose,\" we learned that the letter 'o' is in the correct position (third letter), and the letters a, r, s, e are not in the word at all. So the word looks like: _ _ o _ _.\n\nWe have no yellow letters, so no letters are known to be in the word but in the wrong position.\n\nWe should now guess a word that has 'o' as the third letter, does not contain a, r, s, or e, and uses new letters to maximize information gain.\n\nLet's consider common letters that are not yet used: t, l, n, d, c, m, p, h, i, u, etc.\n\nA good guess could be \"plomb\" (p l o m b), but 'b' is less common.\n\nAnother option is \"clout\" (c l o u t), which uses common letters and fits the pattern.\n\n\"Clout\" has c, l, o, u, t, none of which have been ruled out.\n\nAlternatively, \"glory\" has 'r' and 'y' but 'r' is grey, so no.\n\n\"Blood\" has 'b' and 'l' but double 'o' is not likely since only one 'o' is green.\n\n\"Blond\" is possible.\n\n\"Count\" is another option.\n\nBetween these, \"clout\" is a good choice because it uses common letters, has 'o' in the third position, and no forbidden letters.\n\nTherefore, the next guess is \"clout.\"</think>\nAnswer: clout"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nRound 1 Analysis:\nThe feedback from \"arose\" tells us that 'o' is the correct letter in the 3rd position, while 'a', 'r', 's', and 'e' are not in the word.\n\nRound 2 Strategy:\nWe need to find four more letters. Let's try a word with common letters that haven't been used yet, keeping 'o' in the third position. A good candidate could be \"pilot\". This introduces 'p', 'i', 'l', and 't', which are all relatively common.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: pilot"
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stilt
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| 1
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[
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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{
"role": "user",
"content": "You haven't played any rounds yet. This is the first round."
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{
"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>Since this is the first round, I want to choose a 5-letter word with all distinct letters and containing commonly used letters in English. This will help me maximize the information I get about which letters are in the hidden word. Letters like E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S, L are common, so I want a word that uses many of these without repeating letters. A good example is \"SLATE\" which contains S, L, A, T, E - all common letters and all distinct. This will give me a broad coverage of common letters and help me narrow down the hidden word quickly.</think>\nAnswer: SLATE",
"guess": "slate",
"score": [
"green",
"yellow",
"grey",
"yellow",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 2,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
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"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think>For the first guess, I want to maximize the information gained about the possible letters in the word. A good strategy is to choose a word with five distinct letters that are common in English words, especially vowels and frequently used consonants. Words like \"adieu\" or \"stare\" are good options, but \"adieu\" contains four vowels, which might be too vowel-heavy and less optimal for initial exploration. \"Stare\" includes common consonants and vowels, and all letters are distinct, making it a solid choice. Alternatively, \"crane\" is a popular first guess in Wordle because it contains common letters and all are distinct. \n\nBetween \"stare\" and \"crane,\" both are good options. \"Crane\" has high-frequency consonants and vowels, and is often used as a starting word. I will choose \"crane\" because it covers a good mix of common letters and can help identify which letters are in the word and their positions. \n\nThis initial guess will help reveal which letters are present and their positions, guiding subsequent guesses effectively.</think>\nAnswer: crane",
"guess": "crane",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 0,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>Since this is the first round, I want to choose a 5-letter word with all distinct letters and containing commonly used letters in English. This will help me maximize the information I get about which letters are in the hidden word. Letters like E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S, L are common, so I want a word that uses many of these without repeating letters. A good example is \"SLATE\" which contains S, L, A, T, E - all common letters and all distinct. This will give me a broad coverage of common letters and help me narrow down the hidden word quickly.</think>\nAnswer: SLATE"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>For the first guess, I want to maximize the information gained about the possible letters in the word. A good strategy is to choose a word with five distinct letters that are common in English words, especially vowels and frequently used consonants. Words like \"adieu\" or \"stare\" are good options, but \"adieu\" contains four vowels, which might be too vowel-heavy and less optimal for initial exploration. \"Stare\" includes common consonants and vowels, and all letters are distinct, making it a solid choice. Alternatively, \"crane\" is a popular first guess in Wordle because it contains common letters and all are distinct. \n\nBetween \"stare\" and \"crane,\" both are good options. \"Crane\" has high-frequency consonants and vowels, and is often used as a starting word. I will choose \"crane\" because it covers a good mix of common letters and can help identify which letters are in the word and their positions. \n\nThis initial guess will help reveal which letters are present and their positions, guiding subsequent guesses effectively.</think>\nAnswer: crane"
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creep
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: arise\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'green', 'grey', 'grey', 'yellow')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): r\nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): e\nGrey Characters (Absent): a, i, s\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"arise,\" we learned the following:\n\n- 'r' is green at position 2 (index 1), so the second letter of the word is 'r'.\n- 'e' is yellow, meaning 'e' is in the word but not at position 5.\n- Letters 'a', 'i', and 's' are grey, so they are not in the word.\n\nWe now know:\n- The word has 'r' as the second letter.\n- The word contains 'e' somewhere other than the fifth position.\n- Letters 'a', 'i', 's' are excluded.\n\nWe should try a word with 'r' in the second position, 'e' somewhere other than the fifth position, and no 'a', 'i', or 's'.\n\nAlso, to gain more information, we can try new letters in other positions.\n\nPossible letters to try include: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.\n\nWe should pick a word with 'r' as the second letter, 'e' somewhere but not last, and no 'a', 'i', 's'.\n\nOne candidate is \"crept\":\n- c r e p t\n- 'r' at position 2 ✔\n- 'e' at position 3 ✔ (not last)\n- no 'a', 'i', 's' ✔\n- uses new letters c, p, t to test more letters.\n\nThis guess will help confirm the position of 'e' and test new letters.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: crept",
"guess": "crept",
"score": [
"green",
"green",
"green",
"yellow",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 3.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
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"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think> \nAnalyzing the first guess \"arise\" and its feedback: \n- 'r' is green in position 2, so the second letter is definitely 'r'. \n- 'e' is yellow, meaning 'e' is in the word but not in position 5. \n- 'a', 'i', 's' are grey, so these letters are not in the word at all. \n\nFrom this, I know: \n- The second letter is 'r'. \n- 'e' is somewhere else, but not at position 5. \n- The letters 'a', 'i', 's' are eliminated entirely. \n\nThe remaining unused characters are: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z. \nSince 'e' is in the word but not at position 5, and 'r' is fixed at position 2, I should look for a word that contains 'e' somewhere else, not at position 5, and 'r' at position 2. \n\nTo maximize information, I want to include some of the remaining unused letters, especially common consonants and vowels, to narrow down the possibilities. \nPossible next guesses should include 'r' at position 2, 'e' somewhere else (preferably not at position 5), and avoid 'a', 'i', 's'. \n\nLooking at common 5-letter words with 'r' in position 2 and 'e' elsewhere, some options are: \n- \"berth\" (b-e-r-t-h): 'b' and 't' are unused, 'e' at position 2, but 'r' is at position 3, which conflicts with the fixed 'r' at position 2. So discard. \n- \"crest\" (c-r-e-s-t): 'r' at position 2, 'e' at position 3, 's' and 'a' are eliminated, so 's' is not in the word, discard. \n- \"perch\" (p-e-r-c-h): 'r' at position 3, so discard. \n- \"wren\" (w-r-e-n): only 4 letters, discard. \n- \"drier\" (d-r-i-e-r): 'i' is eliminated, discard. \n- \"fryer\" (f-r-y-e-r): 'y' is unused, 'e' at position 4, 'r' at position 2, 'f' is unused, and 'y' is in the unused list, so possible. \n\n\"fryer\" seems promising: \n- 'r' at position 2 (matches known info). \n- 'e' at position 4 (not position 5, so matches). \n- 'f', 'y', 'r', 'e' are all in the unused list, and 'a', 'i', 's' are eliminated. \n- 'f' and 'y' are new letters, which can help narrow down the remaining possibilities. \n\nAlternatively, \"bryer\" is not a common word, so \"fryer\" is a good candidate. \n\nGiven the constraints and the goal to maximize information, I will choose \"fryer\" as the next guess. It contains 'r' in position 2, 'e' not at position 5, and introduces new letters 'f' and 'y'. \n\nThis guess will help confirm the position of 'e' and test new letters, helping to narrow down the possibilities efficiently. \n\n<think> \nAnswer: fryer",
"guess": "fryer",
"score": [
"grey",
"green",
"grey",
"green",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 2,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"arise,\" we learned the following:\n\n- 'r' is green at position 2 (index 1), so the second letter of the word is 'r'.\n- 'e' is yellow, meaning 'e' is in the word but not at position 5.\n- Letters 'a', 'i', and 's' are grey, so they are not in the word.\n\nWe now know:\n- The word has 'r' as the second letter.\n- The word contains 'e' somewhere other than the fifth position.\n- Letters 'a', 'i', 's' are excluded.\n\nWe should try a word with 'r' in the second position, 'e' somewhere other than the fifth position, and no 'a', 'i', or 's'.\n\nAlso, to gain more information, we can try new letters in other positions.\n\nPossible letters to try include: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.\n\nWe should pick a word with 'r' as the second letter, 'e' somewhere but not last, and no 'a', 'i', 's'.\n\nOne candidate is \"crept\":\n- c r e p t\n- 'r' at position 2 ✔\n- 'e' at position 3 ✔ (not last)\n- no 'a', 'i', 's' ✔\n- uses new letters c, p, t to test more letters.\n\nThis guess will help confirm the position of 'e' and test new letters.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: crept"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think> \nAnalyzing the first guess \"arise\" and its feedback: \n- 'r' is green in position 2, so the second letter is definitely 'r'. \n- 'e' is yellow, meaning 'e' is in the word but not in position 5. \n- 'a', 'i', 's' are grey, so these letters are not in the word at all. \n\nFrom this, I know: \n- The second letter is 'r'. \n- 'e' is somewhere else, but not at position 5. \n- The letters 'a', 'i', 's' are eliminated entirely. \n\nThe remaining unused characters are: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, t, u, v, w, x, y, z. \nSince 'e' is in the word but not at position 5, and 'r' is fixed at position 2, I should look for a word that contains 'e' somewhere else, not at position 5, and 'r' at position 2. \n\nTo maximize information, I want to include some of the remaining unused letters, especially common consonants and vowels, to narrow down the possibilities. \nPossible next guesses should include 'r' at position 2, 'e' somewhere else (preferably not at position 5), and avoid 'a', 'i', 's'. \n\nLooking at common 5-letter words with 'r' in position 2 and 'e' elsewhere, some options are: \n- \"berth\" (b-e-r-t-h): 'b' and 't' are unused, 'e' at position 2, but 'r' is at position 3, which conflicts with the fixed 'r' at position 2. So discard. \n- \"crest\" (c-r-e-s-t): 'r' at position 2, 'e' at position 3, 's' and 'a' are eliminated, so 's' is not in the word, discard. \n- \"perch\" (p-e-r-c-h): 'r' at position 3, so discard. \n- \"wren\" (w-r-e-n): only 4 letters, discard. \n- \"drier\" (d-r-i-e-r): 'i' is eliminated, discard. \n- \"fryer\" (f-r-y-e-r): 'y' is unused, 'e' at position 4, 'r' at position 2, 'f' is unused, and 'y' is in the unused list, so possible. \n\n\"fryer\" seems promising: \n- 'r' at position 2 (matches known info). \n- 'e' at position 4 (not position 5, so matches). \n- 'f', 'y', 'r', 'e' are all in the unused list, and 'a', 'i', 's' are eliminated. \n- 'f' and 'y' are new letters, which can help narrow down the remaining possibilities. \n\nAlternatively, \"bryer\" is not a common word, so \"fryer\" is a good candidate. \n\nGiven the constraints and the goal to maximize information, I will choose \"fryer\" as the next guess. It contains 'r' in position 2, 'e' not at position 5, and introduces new letters 'f' and 'y'. \n\nThis guess will help confirm the position of 'e' and test new letters, helping to narrow down the possibilities efficiently. \n\n<think> \nAnswer: fryer"
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spiky
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: crane\n ROUND SCORE: ('grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): \nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): \nGrey Characters (Absent): a, c, e, n, r\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, o, p, q, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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] |
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>My first guess, \"crane\", yielded no correct letters. This means none of those letters are in the target word. I need to try a word with completely different letters. A good strategy is to use common letters and vowels. I'll try \"dumpy\" next. It has no letters in common with \"crane\" and includes common letters and a vowel.</think>\nAnswer: dumpy",
"guess": "dumpy",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow",
"green"
],
"base_reward": 1.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>In the first round, I guessed \"crane\" which resulted in all grey tiles, meaning none of the letters c, r, a, n, e are in the word. This eliminates a significant portion of common letters. Now, I need to guess a word that uses only letters from the unused set: b, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, o, p, q, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z. \n\nI want to pick a word with distinct letters to maximize information gain. Also, I should choose letters that are common in English words to increase the chance of hitting some correct letters. Letters like s, t, l, m, o, p, h, and i are relatively common.\n\nA good candidate is \"plumb\" which uses p, l, u, m, b - all unused letters and fairly common. Alternatively, \"ghost\" uses g, h, o, s, t - also good letters.\n\nBetween these, \"ghost\" might be better because it includes s and t, which are very common, and h and o are also common vowels/consonants.\n\nI will guess \"ghost\" next.</think>\nAnswer: ghost",
"guess": "ghost",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 0.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>My first guess, \"crane\", yielded no correct letters. This means none of those letters are in the target word. I need to try a word with completely different letters. A good strategy is to use common letters and vowels. I'll try \"dumpy\" next. It has no letters in common with \"crane\" and includes common letters and a vowel.</think>\nAnswer: dumpy"
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[
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>In the first round, I guessed \"crane\" which resulted in all grey tiles, meaning none of the letters c, r, a, n, e are in the word. This eliminates a significant portion of common letters. Now, I need to guess a word that uses only letters from the unused set: b, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, o, p, q, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z. \n\nI want to pick a word with distinct letters to maximize information gain. Also, I should choose letters that are common in English words to increase the chance of hitting some correct letters. Letters like s, t, l, m, o, p, h, and i are relatively common.\n\nA good candidate is \"plumb\" which uses p, l, u, m, b - all unused letters and fairly common. Alternatively, \"ghost\" uses g, h, o, s, t - also good letters.\n\nBetween these, \"ghost\" might be better because it includes s and t, which are very common, and h and o are also common vowels/consonants.\n\nI will guess \"ghost\" next.</think>\nAnswer: ghost"
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bacon
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{
"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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"role": "user",
"content": "Previous Rounds:\n###\n ROUND NUMBER: 1\n YOUR GUESS: crane\n ROUND SCORE: ('yellow', 'grey', 'yellow', 'yellow', 'grey')\n ###\n ###\n\nUsed Characters:\nGreen Characters (Correct Position): \nYellow Characters (Wrong Position): a, c, n\nGrey Characters (Absent): e, r\n\nUnused Characters:\nb, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, o, p, q, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z\n"
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"model": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"resp": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"crane\" and the feedback:\n- 'c' is yellow: 'c' is in the word but not in position 1.\n- 'r' is grey: 'r' is not in the word.\n- 'a' is yellow: 'a' is in the word but not in position 3.\n- 'n' is yellow: 'n' is in the word but not in position 4.\n- 'e' is grey: 'e' is not in the word.\n\nSo the word contains the letters c, a, n but not in positions 1, 3, or 4 respectively. Also, letters r and e are not in the word.\n\nWe need to try a word that includes c, a, n but places them in different positions than the first guess. Also, avoid letters r and e.\n\nUnused letters are many, so we can try to find a word with c, a, n in different positions and new letters to gather more information.\n\nPossible word: \"canid\" (a type of dog), but 'i' and 'd' are new letters.\n\nPositions:\n- c: not position 1 (from yellow in first guess)\n- a: not position 3\n- n: not position 4\n\nIn \"canid\":\nc is position 1 (not allowed)\na is position 2 (allowed)\nn is position 3 (allowed)\nn is yellow in position 4, so n can't be in position 4, but in \"canid\" n is position 3, so okay.\n\nBut c is in position 1, which is not allowed.\n\nTry \"antic\":\na in position 1 (allowed)\nn in position 2 (allowed)\nt in position 3 (new letter)\ni in position 4 (new letter)\nc in position 5 (allowed)\n\nCheck constraints:\n- c is yellow in position 1, so c can't be in position 1, but here c is position 5, so okay.\n- a is yellow in position 3, so a can't be position 3, here a is position 1, okay.\n- n is yellow in position 4, so n can't be position 4, here n is position 2, okay.\n\nNo r or e.\n\n\"antic\" fits all constraints and introduces new letters t and i.\n\nTherefore, \"antic\" is a good guess.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: antic",
"guess": "antic",
"score": [
"yellow",
"yellow",
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow"
],
"base_reward": 1.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
}
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"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think> In the first guess \"crane,\" the feedback indicates that the letters 'a', 'c', and 'n' are in the word but misplaced (yellow), while 'e' and 'r' are not in the word at all (grey). The other letters in \"crane\" ('c', 'r', 'a', 'n', 'e') are either confirmed or eliminated based on the feedback. Since 'e' and 'r' are grey, they are not in the word, so I can exclude all words containing these letters. The yellow feedback for 'a', 'c', and 'n' means these letters are in the word but not in the positions guessed: 'c' was in position 2, 'a' in position 4, and 'n' in position 5. \n\nGiven that, I should avoid placing 'c' in position 2, 'a' in position 4, and 'n' in position 5 in my next guess. The other letters in \"crane\" ('c', 'r', 'a', 'n', 'e') are either confirmed or eliminated, so I will focus on the remaining unused characters: b, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, o, p, q, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z. \n\nTo maximize information, I should choose a word with many new letters, avoiding 'e', 'r', 'a', 'c', 'n', and placing the known yellow letters ('a', 'c', 'n') in different positions. For the second guess, I will select a word that includes some of the unused letters, especially those that are common in English, such as 's', 't', 'l', 'd', 'm', 'o', 'k', 'g', 'h', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'. \n\nA good candidate is \"sloth\" because it contains 's', 'l', 'o', 't', 'h', which are common and introduce new letters. It also avoids the grey letters 'e' and 'r' and places 't' in position 4, which is different from the previous 'a' and 'c' placements. This guess will help determine if 's', 'l', 'o', 't', or 'h' are in the word, and where they might fit, while respecting the known constraints.\n\nThis approach balances exploration and information gathering, aiming to confirm the presence or absence of key letters and their positions, narrowing down the possibilities efficiently.</think>\nAnswer: sloth",
"guess": "sloth",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow",
"grey",
"grey"
],
"base_reward": 0.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
"game_won": false
}
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>\nFrom the first guess \"crane\" and the feedback:\n- 'c' is yellow: 'c' is in the word but not in position 1.\n- 'r' is grey: 'r' is not in the word.\n- 'a' is yellow: 'a' is in the word but not in position 3.\n- 'n' is yellow: 'n' is in the word but not in position 4.\n- 'e' is grey: 'e' is not in the word.\n\nSo the word contains the letters c, a, n but not in positions 1, 3, or 4 respectively. Also, letters r and e are not in the word.\n\nWe need to try a word that includes c, a, n but places them in different positions than the first guess. Also, avoid letters r and e.\n\nUnused letters are many, so we can try to find a word with c, a, n in different positions and new letters to gather more information.\n\nPossible word: \"canid\" (a type of dog), but 'i' and 'd' are new letters.\n\nPositions:\n- c: not position 1 (from yellow in first guess)\n- a: not position 3\n- n: not position 4\n\nIn \"canid\":\nc is position 1 (not allowed)\na is position 2 (allowed)\nn is position 3 (allowed)\nn is yellow in position 4, so n can't be in position 4, but in \"canid\" n is position 3, so okay.\n\nBut c is in position 1, which is not allowed.\n\nTry \"antic\":\na in position 1 (allowed)\nn in position 2 (allowed)\nt in position 3 (new letter)\ni in position 4 (new letter)\nc in position 5 (allowed)\n\nCheck constraints:\n- c is yellow in position 1, so c can't be in position 1, but here c is position 5, so okay.\n- a is yellow in position 3, so a can't be position 3, here a is position 1, okay.\n- n is yellow in position 4, so n can't be position 4, here n is position 2, okay.\n\nNo r or e.\n\n\"antic\" fits all constraints and introduces new letters t and i.\n\nTherefore, \"antic\" is a good guess.\n\n</think>\nAnswer: antic"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think> In the first guess \"crane,\" the feedback indicates that the letters 'a', 'c', and 'n' are in the word but misplaced (yellow), while 'e' and 'r' are not in the word at all (grey). The other letters in \"crane\" ('c', 'r', 'a', 'n', 'e') are either confirmed or eliminated based on the feedback. Since 'e' and 'r' are grey, they are not in the word, so I can exclude all words containing these letters. The yellow feedback for 'a', 'c', and 'n' means these letters are in the word but not in the positions guessed: 'c' was in position 2, 'a' in position 4, and 'n' in position 5. \n\nGiven that, I should avoid placing 'c' in position 2, 'a' in position 4, and 'n' in position 5 in my next guess. The other letters in \"crane\" ('c', 'r', 'a', 'n', 'e') are either confirmed or eliminated, so I will focus on the remaining unused characters: b, d, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, o, p, q, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z. \n\nTo maximize information, I should choose a word with many new letters, avoiding 'e', 'r', 'a', 'c', 'n', and placing the known yellow letters ('a', 'c', 'n') in different positions. For the second guess, I will select a word that includes some of the unused letters, especially those that are common in English, such as 's', 't', 'l', 'd', 'm', 'o', 'k', 'g', 'h', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'. \n\nA good candidate is \"sloth\" because it contains 's', 'l', 'o', 't', 'h', which are common and introduce new letters. It also avoids the grey letters 'e' and 'r' and places 't' in position 4, which is different from the previous 'a' and 'c' placements. This guess will help determine if 's', 'l', 'o', 't', or 'h' are in the word, and where they might fit, while respecting the known constraints.\n\nThis approach balances exploration and information gathering, aiming to confirm the presence or absence of key letters and their positions, narrowing down the possibilities efficiently.</think>\nAnswer: sloth"
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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"content": "You haven't played any rounds yet. This is the first round."
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE",
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"grey",
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"grey",
"yellow"
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"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
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"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
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"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think>For the first guess, I want to choose a word that maximizes the chance of discovering as many different letters as possible. Since the goal is to gather information about which letters are in the hidden word, selecting a word with common, frequently used letters in English and with all distinct characters is ideal. Words like \"adieu\" or \"stare\" are good options, but \"adieu\" contains a 'u' which is less common, and \"stare\" repeats 's' and 't' which are common but not as diverse as possible. \"Crane\" is a popular choice because it contains common letters 'c', 'r', 'a', 'n', 'e' with no repeats, covering a broad spectrum of vowels and consonants. Alternatively, \"slate\" or \"admit\" could work, but \"crane\" is often recommended for initial guesses due to its balanced letter distribution. Therefore, I will choose \"crane\" as my first guess to maximize the information gained about the presence or absence of these common letters in the hidden word.</think>\nAnswer: crane",
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"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow"
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"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": false,
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>For the first guess, I want to choose a word that maximizes the chance of discovering as many different letters as possible. Since the goal is to gather information about which letters are in the hidden word, selecting a word with common, frequently used letters in English and with all distinct characters is ideal. Words like \"adieu\" or \"stare\" are good options, but \"adieu\" contains a 'u' which is less common, and \"stare\" repeats 's' and 't' which are common but not as diverse as possible. \"Crane\" is a popular choice because it contains common letters 'c', 'r', 'a', 'n', 'e' with no repeats, covering a broad spectrum of vowels and consonants. Alternatively, \"slate\" or \"admit\" could work, but \"crane\" is often recommended for initial guesses due to its balanced letter distribution. Therefore, I will choose \"crane\" as my first guess to maximize the information gained about the presence or absence of these common letters in the hidden word.</think>\nAnswer: crane"
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"role": "system",
"content": "\n You are playing Wordle, a game where you must guess a hidden 5-letter English word in 6 rounds or fewer.\n\n How It Works:\n For each round except the first round, you’ll get previous guesses and their scores as a list of 5 colors:\n green: Correct letter, correct position.\n yellow: Correct letter, wrong position.\n grey: Letter is not in the word.\n\n Your Goal:\n Figure out the hidden word in as few rounds as possible.\n\n Strategy:\n First Round (Exploration)\n Randomly guess a 5-letter word to start gathering information about the letters. \n Try to use a word that has commonly used alphabets in english and use all distinct letters to discover as many letters as possible.\n\n Early Rounds (Exploration)\n If most letters are grey, guess a word with mostly new letters to learn more.\n\n Later Rounds (Exploitation)\n Use what you’ve learned:\n\n Keep green letters in place.\n\n Try yellow letters in different spots.\n\n Avoid grey letters.\n\n Output Format:\n <think> Step-by-step reasoning about the guess in about 500 words or less.</think>\n Answer: 5-letter word\n "
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"role": "user",
"content": "You haven't played any rounds yet. This is the first round."
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"model": "gpt-4.1-nano",
"resp": "<think>For the first guess, I want to maximize the information gained about the possible letters in the hidden word. Since the goal is to cover as many common letters as possible, I should choose a word with distinct, frequently used letters in English. Words like \"adieu\" or \"stare\" are good options, but \"adieu\" contains a vowel-heavy combination, which helps identify vowels early. Alternatively, \"stare\" includes common consonants and vowels, providing a balanced approach. \"Crane\" is also a popular first guess because it contains common consonants and a vowel, and all letters are distinct. Given the importance of discovering both vowels and consonants, I will choose \"adieu\" as it contains four vowels and one consonant, maximizing vowel detection. This will help determine which vowels are in the word and eliminate many options if they turn out grey. Therefore, my first guess is \"adieu\". This choice aims to quickly identify the presence or absence of these common vowels and some consonants, setting a solid foundation for subsequent guesses.</think>\nAnswer: adieu",
"guess": "adieu",
"score": [
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"grey"
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"base_reward": 1,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
"is_chosen": true,
"game_won": false
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"model": "gemini-1.5-pro",
"resp": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE",
"guess": "arose",
"score": [
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"grey",
"yellow"
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"base_reward": 0.5,
"penalty_reward": 0,
"model_format_issue": false,
"word_repeated": false,
"invalid_length": false,
"out_of_vocabulary": false,
"is_golden": true,
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{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>For the first guess, I want to maximize the information gained about the possible letters in the hidden word. Since the goal is to cover as many common letters as possible, I should choose a word with distinct, frequently used letters in English. Words like \"adieu\" or \"stare\" are good options, but \"adieu\" contains a vowel-heavy combination, which helps identify vowels early. Alternatively, \"stare\" includes common consonants and vowels, providing a balanced approach. \"Crane\" is also a popular first guess because it contains common consonants and a vowel, and all letters are distinct. Given the importance of discovering both vowels and consonants, I will choose \"adieu\" as it contains four vowels and one consonant, maximizing vowel detection. This will help determine which vowels are in the word and eliminate many options if they turn out grey. Therefore, my first guess is \"adieu\". This choice aims to quickly identify the presence or absence of these common vowels and some consonants, setting a solid foundation for subsequent guesses.</think>\nAnswer: adieu"
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "<think>This is the first guess, so I need to choose a word that maximizes the information gained about the hidden word. I'll start with a word that contains common letters and has no repeating letters. A good starting word is \"AROSE\" as it contains common vowels and consonants.</think>\nAnswer: AROSE"
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