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Word500 · Standard+
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Publisher archive replay. This is the state returned by Word500's current archive for the selected date. Its yearly schedule repeats; this is not a claim that we captured the original game on that day.
1 word. Every reveal is your choice.
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For LANCE, the pattern L__C_ fixes positions 1 and 4. It matches 19 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: LACCY, LAICH, LAICS, LANCE, LANCH, LARCH, LATCH, LAUCH ….
7 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: DANCE, HANCE, LANCH, LANDE, NANCE, PANCE, RANCE. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.
This comparison explains spelling constraints. These are dictionary matches, not the publisher's accepted guesses or historical answer pool.
A hypothetical SLATE guess against LANCE produces 1 green, 2 yellow and 2 red.
Exact-position matches occur at 5. The two words share A × 1, E × 1, L × 1, counting each copy at most once. Subtract 1 exact matches from that overlap to obtain 2 misplaced matches.
The game reports totals rather than identifying coloured positions. The positions shown here explain the calculation after revealing the answer. This example belongs to the Standard+ answer for this date; it is not a recorded guess or an optimal-opening claim.
Green totals count correct positions; yellow totals count matching letters in other positions.
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Reproduces the current official archive for the selected date and mode. Its year-relative selection can repeat between years; this is not a claim that the same build was live on the original date.
Letter clues and worked solving examples are deterministic calculations. Record revision: 58bd9e1db503.
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