[bmitc]

Thanks for the elaboration. I see what you mean by deterministic now. Is it also deterministic in the sense of always getting an answer within 6 guesses (maybe convergent is a better word)? (Maybe it's not possible to guarantee this. That's something I've been wondering.)

My solver is a naive one at the moment, where I've only done a little analysis to get a good starting word. From there, my solver just tracks the results from each guess and randomly selects a word that meets the constraints for the next guess. That actually works surprisingly well, and it hasn't failed Wordle yet.

I've been meaning to go back and do a more thorough analysis and create a more targeted strategy.