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Lexicon — Word Deduction Puzzle
Deduce the hidden word from counts, not colors.
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How to play
Rules
Guess the five-letter word in eight tries.
After each guess, you'll see three numbers:
- Correct — letters in the right position.
- Present — right letter, wrong position.
- Absent — letters not in the word.
You never learn which letters. Deduce carefully.
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