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Re:Solving Wordle in 3.64 guesses on average, 99.4% of the time by unfolding on Sunday January 23, 2022 @11:30PM (#30053763)
Wordle reminds of a more complex version of Mastermind[0]. Donald Knuth proved you could always solve the game in five guesses or fewer![1].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(board_game) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(board_game)#Best_s...

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