A diplomatic challenge that went right down to the wire! Used all six guesses but managed to crack ENVOY.

Started with SALET which gave me a yellow E in position 4. CRIME followed, showing another yellow E but in position 5 this time. HEDGE was the key breakthrough — the second E came back gray, confirming there’s only one E in the word, and it must be in position 1 or 3.

EBONY locked in position 1 with green E and position 5 with green Y, while revealing O and N were in the word but in wrong positions. That left me with E___Y and needing to place O and N. ENJOY got me tantalizingly close with EN_OY but J was wrong.

Final guess ENVOY completed the diplomatic mission perfectly. The solver systematically eliminated letters and narrowed the possibilities, though it needed every guess to get there.