> Note that all of these 243 possibilities aren't valid in practice. For example YYYYM will never be seen because if the first four letters are correctly placed and the fifth is also in the word, it will be correctly placed.
Not true. For example if the correct answer is TWEED and you guess TWEET, then you’ll get YYYYM.
Edit: As pointed out by two commenters, the actual implementation contradicts the following claim in the post:
> “Maybe” - the letter is in the answer but in a different position
If the correct answer is TWEED and you gess TWEET, you will still get YYYYN, because the actual implementation uses a different definition of “Maybe” than what is written in the post.
I blindly trusted the post’s claim that “Maybe” means “the letter is in the answer but in a different position”. If you use that definition, you’ll arrive at the same conclusion.
The post should be updated with the correct definition.
Not true. For example if the correct answer is TWEED and you guess TWEET, then you’ll get YYYYM.
Edit: As pointed out by two commenters, the actual implementation contradicts the following claim in the post:
> “Maybe” - the letter is in the answer but in a different position
If the correct answer is TWEED and you gess TWEET, you will still get YYYYN, because the actual implementation uses a different definition of “Maybe” than what is written in the post.