words = open("wordle\\words.txt").read().split() guesslist = [] maxguesses = 6 wantedletters = [] uselessletters = [] correctletters = ["-"] * 5 while maxguesses: try: correctguess = input( "\nEnter correct letter positions (use - for other letters): " ).lower() uselessguess = input("Enter all incorrect letters without space: ").lower() wantedguess = input("Enter all letters of incorrect postiions: ").lower() correctletters = list(correctguess) for i in uselessguess: if i not in uselessletters: uselessletters.append(i) for i in wantedguess: if i not in wantedletters: wantedletters.append(i) subsetwanted = [] for i in words: if set(wantedletters).issubset(set(i)): subsetwanted.append(i) print("First filter", subsetwanted) for i in uselessletters: for j in subsetwanted: if j.count(i): subsetwanted.remove(j) print("Second filter: ", subsetwanted) print(correctletters) temp = [] for i in range(len(correctletters)): for j in range(len(subsetwanted)): if correctletters[i] == "-": continue else: print(i, j, correctletters[i], subsetwanted[j][i]) if correctletters[i] == subsetwanted[j][i]: temp.append(subsetwanted[j]) subsetwanted = temp.copy() print("Third filter: ", subsetwanted) except KeyboardInterrupt: print("\n\nThe word was found!") break maxguesses -= 1