the rest of it. So essentially getting only one possible additional letter known to be in or out overall vs a guess using the known 2 and 2 or 3 additional possible letters in or out. (Just like your example offered, STORE with 3 new letters and the known 2).

In this case, something like ACTED, AFTER*, ASKEW, ABBEY, APNEA, ASHEN, ASSET, ABLED*, ANNEX, or ANGEL*.

That's why I wondered if you'd just had a strong hunch that the answer was ADDED. It is relatively uncommon for Wordle to have an answer with 3 of the same letter, but it HAS happened and typically throws us all off. This puzzle had 2 the same N and a very rarely seen letter X, so you never know!

So it was a bold guess that I figured was rooted in a strong gut feeling.


* Yes, I know that you had eliminated the H L & R but this was only to explain what I'd meant is all.