diff --git a/src/bin/game/cli.rs b/src/bin/game/cli.rs
index 1001e44..e8bbf14 100644
--- a/src/bin/game/cli.rs
+++ b/src/bin/game/cli.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut guess: Word;
     loop {
         guess = get_word(&cli, game.step())?;
-        response = match game.guess(guess) {
+        response = match game.guess(guess, None) {
             Ok(r) => r,
             Err(err) => match err {
                 GameError::GuessHasWrongLength(len) => {
diff --git a/src/bin/solve/simple.rs b/src/bin/solve/simple.rs
index 6c0ab5c..3e80e8f 100644
--- a/src/bin/solve/simple.rs
+++ b/src/bin/solve/simple.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 // #![warn(missing_docs)]
 #![warn(missing_debug_implementations)]
 
-use clap::Parser;
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+use libpt::cli::console::style;
 use libpt::cli::{repl::Repl, strum};
 use libpt::log::*;
 use strum::{EnumIter, IntoEnumIterator};
 
+use wordle_analyzer::game::response::Evaluation;
 use wordle_analyzer::game::{response::GuessResponse, Game, GameBuilder};
 
 use wordle_analyzer::solve::{BuiltinSolverNames, Solver};
@@ -50,8 +52,11 @@ enum ReplCommand {
     ///
     /// 'c' means correct character
     Response { encoded: String },
-    /// Let the user input a word they guessed
-    Guess { your_guess: String },
+    /// Let the user input a word and the response for that word
+    Guess {
+        your_guess: String,
+        evalutation: Evaluation,
+    },
     /// Let the solver make a guess
     Solve,
     /// Leave the Repl
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     if cli.non_interactive {
         play_native_non_interactive(cli)?;
-        exit(0);
+        std::process::exit(0);
     }
     help_guess_interactive(cli)
 }
@@ -109,8 +114,11 @@ fn help_guess_interactive(cli: Cli) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         // only None if the repl has not stepped yet
         match repl.command().to_owned().unwrap() {
             ReplCommand::Exit => break,
-            ReplCommand::Guess { your_guess } => {
-                println!("{}", game.guess(your_guess)?)
+            ReplCommand::Guess {
+                your_guess,
+                evalutation,
+            } => {
+                println!("{}", game.guess(your_guess, Some(evalutation))?)
             }
             _ => todo!(),
         }
diff --git a/src/game/mod.rs b/src/game/mod.rs
index cec0e30..8ce9996 100644
--- a/src/game/mod.rs
+++ b/src/game/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use core::panic;
+
 use crate::error::*;
 use crate::wlist::word::{ManyWordsRef, Word, WordData};
 use crate::wlist::WordList;
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ use response::GuessResponse;
 
 pub mod summary;
 
-use self::response::Status;
+use self::response::{Evaluation, Status};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Game<'wl, WL>
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ impl<'wl, WL: WordList> Game<'wl, WL> {
     ///
     /// This function will return an error if the length of the [Word] is wrong It will also error
     /// if the game is finished.
-    pub fn guess(&mut self, guess: Word) -> GameResult<GuessResponse> {
+    pub fn guess(&mut self, guess: Word, eval: Option<Evaluation>) -> GameResult<GuessResponse> {
         if guess.len() != self.length {
             return Err(GameError::GuessHasWrongLength(guess.len()));
         }
@@ -90,13 +92,20 @@ impl<'wl, WL: WordList> Game<'wl, WL> {
         }
         self.step += 1;
 
-        let response = GuessResponse::new(guess, evaluation, self);
+        let response;
+        if eval.is_some() && self.solution.is_none() {
+            response = GuessResponse::new(&guess, eval.unwrap(), self);
+        } else if let Some(solution) = self.solution.clone() {
+            response = GuessResponse::new(&guess, Self::evaluate(solution, &guess), self);
+        } else {
+            panic!("there is neither an evaluation nor a predefined solution for this guess");
+        }
         self.responses.push(response.clone());
         self.finished = response.finished();
         Ok(response)
     }
 
-    pub fn evaluate(mut solution: WordData, guess: Word) -> Vec<()> {
+    pub fn evaluate(mut solution: WordData, guess: &Word) -> Evaluation {
         let mut evaluation = Vec::new();
         let mut status: Status;
         for (idx, c) in guess.chars().enumerate() {
@@ -111,7 +120,7 @@ impl<'wl, WL: WordList> Game<'wl, WL> {
             }
             evaluation.push((c, status));
         }
-        todo!()
+        evaluation.into()
     }
 
     pub fn length(&self) -> usize {
diff --git a/src/game/response.rs b/src/game/response.rs
index 2395e78..966c9a0 100644
--- a/src/game/response.rs
+++ b/src/game/response.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ use crate::wlist::WordList;
 use colored::Colorize;
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::convert::Infallible;
 use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use super::Game;
 
@@ -13,15 +15,42 @@ pub struct AtomicEvaluation {
     char: char,
     status: Status,
 }
-pub type Evaluation = Vec<(char, Status)>;
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default)]
+pub struct Evaluation {
+    inner: Vec<EvaluationUnit>,
+}
+pub type EvaluationUnit = (char, Status);
+
+impl IntoIterator for Evaluation {
+    type Item = EvaluationUnit;
+    type IntoIter = std::vec::IntoIter<Self::Item>;
+
+    fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
+        self.inner.into_iter()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Vec<EvaluationUnit>> for Evaluation {
+    fn from(value: Vec<EvaluationUnit>) -> Self {
+        Self { inner: value }
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Evaluation {
+    type Err = Infallible;
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        // TODO: make this proper
+        Ok(vec![('x', Status::None)].into())
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+// #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub struct GuessResponse {
     guess: Word,
     evaluation: Evaluation,
     finish: bool,
-    solution: WordData,
+    solution: Option<WordData>,
     step: usize,
     max_steps: usize,
 }
@@ -35,24 +64,16 @@ pub enum Status {
 }
 
 impl GuessResponse {
-    pub(crate) fn new<WL: WordList>(
-        guess: Word,
-        status: Vec<(char, Status)>,
-        game: &Game<WL>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let finish: bool = if game.step() > game.max_steps() {
-            true
-        } else {
-            guess == game.solution().0
-        };
-        Self {
-            guess,
+    pub(crate) fn new<WL: WordList>(guess: &Word, status: Evaluation, game: &Game<WL>) -> Self {
+        let new = Self {
+            guess: guess.to_owned(),
             evaluation: status,
-            finish,
-            solution: game.solution().clone(),
+            finish: game.step() > game.max_steps(),
+            solution: game.solution().cloned(),
             step: game.step(),
             max_steps: game.max_steps(),
-        }
+        };
+        new
     }
 
     pub fn finished(&self) -> bool {
@@ -60,18 +81,18 @@ impl GuessResponse {
     }
 
     pub fn won(&self) -> bool {
-        self.guess == self.solution.0
+        let mut ok = true;
+        for i in self.evaluation.clone().into_iter() {
+            ok &= i.1 == Status::Matched
+        }
+        ok
     }
 
     pub fn solution(&self) -> Option<WordData> {
-        if self.won() {
-            Some(self.solution.clone())
-        } else {
-            None
-        }
+        self.solution.clone()
     }
 
-    pub fn evaluation(&self) -> &[(char, Status)] {
+    pub fn evaluation(&self) -> &Evaluation {
         &self.evaluation
     }
 
@@ -90,7 +111,7 @@ impl GuessResponse {
 
 impl Display for GuessResponse {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        for s in &self.evaluation {
+        for s in self.evaluation.clone().into_iter() {
             write!(
                 f,
                 "{}",
diff --git a/src/solve/mod.rs b/src/solve/mod.rs
index d398f4f..5ef34c9 100644
--- a/src/solve/mod.rs
+++ b/src/solve/mod.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pub trait Solver<'wl, WL: WordList>: Clone + std::fmt::Debug + Sized + Sync {
     ///
     /// This function will return an error if [guess_for](Solver::guess_for) fails.
     fn make_a_move(&self, game: &mut Game<'wl, WL>) -> WResult<GuessResponse> {
-        Ok(game.guess(self.guess_for(game))?)
+        Ok(game.guess(self.guess_for(game), None)?)
     }
     /// Play a [Game] and return the last [GuessResponse].
     ///
diff --git a/src/solve/naive/mod.rs b/src/solve/naive/mod.rs
index bfe7625..4a01e9a 100644
--- a/src/solve/naive/mod.rs
+++ b/src/solve/naive/mod.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ impl<'wl, WL: WordList> Solver<'wl, WL> for NaiveSolver<'wl, WL> {
         let mut other_chars: Vec<char> = Vec::new();
         let response = game.last_response();
         if response.is_some() {
-            for (idx, p) in response.unwrap().evaluation().iter().enumerate() {
+            for (idx, p) in response
+                .unwrap()
+                .evaluation()
+                .clone()
+                .into_iter()
+                .enumerate()
+            {
                 if p.1 == Status::Matched {
                     pattern.replace_range(idx..idx + 1, &p.0.to_string());
                 } else if p.1 == Status::Exists {