A satisfying three-guess solve today with the weighted-entropy strategy playing out beautifully.

Starting with SALET immediately locked in the S at position 1, while ruling out A, L, E, and T entirely. With 287 candidates remaining, the solver suggested SCION as the optimal second guess.

The second guess was surgical: confirming S and N at positions 1 and 5, while revealing that O belongs in the word but not at position 4. This powerful feedback collapsed the remaining possibilities to just 4 candidates.

With the pattern S___N and O somewhere in the middle, SWORN emerged as the clear choice for guess three. The solver’s weighted-entropy approach excelled here — prioritizing common letters while maintaining maximum information gain. Clean solve, no wasted guesses.