Excluded-letter scan: Results

For each letter L, we remove every word containing L from the Wordle wordlist, then search for five 5-letter words whose letters are all distinct and collectively cover 25 letters. We record time and nodes explored (each node is one backtracking state).

For additional ramblings on findings and methodology - README


Current run: --max-nodes 60,000,000
Per-letter outcomes
A
No Solution
time: 231.025s · nodes: 6,133,661
B
No Solution
time: 1584.178s · nodes: 34,438,007
C
No Solution
time: 1138.579s · nodes: 24,279,594
D
No Solution
time: 1200.108s · nodes: 26,286,157
E
No Solution
time: 247.332s · nodes: 6,228,058
F
No Solution
time: 2092.142s · nodes: 41,649,091
G
No Solution
time: 1540.091s · nodes: 33,057,861
H
No Solution
time: 1185.113s · nodes: 24,474,276
I
No Solution
time: 355.577s · nodes: 7,803,217
J
SOLUTION
time: 72.470s · nodes: 300,134
sample: vozhd · cylix · brung · waqfs · kempt (missing J)
K
No Solution
time: 1576.294s · nodes: 32,168,299
L
No Solution
time: 810.414s · nodes: 18,043,995
M
No solution
time: 1391.697s · nodes: 28,755,253
N
No Solution
time: 837.847s · nodes: 18,069,593
O
No Solution
time: 343.727s · nodes: 7,700,724
P
No Solution
time: 1486.652s · nodes: 30,385,476
Q
Solution
time: 519.123s · nodes: 9,332,392
sample: nymph · fjord · vibex · waltz · gucks (missing Q)
R
No Solution
time: 643.156s · nodes: 15,403,751
S
No Solution
time: 357.689s · nodes: 9,228,126
T
No Solution
time: 918.130s · nodes: 20,294,329
U
No Solution
time: 462.880s · nodes: 10,665,282
V
No Solution
time: 3023.477s · nodes: 56,392,221
W
No Solution
time: 2040.576s · nodes: 39,758,956
X
SOLUTION
time: 0.146s · nodes: 490
sample: jumby · vozhd · waqfs · prick · glent (missing X)
Y
No Solution
time: 865.996s · nodes: 17,702,176
Z
No Solution
time: 3261.280s · nodes: 59,625,789