diff --git a/src/bin/solve/simple.rs b/src/bin/solve/simple.rs
index 2b3d28f..ebe58c4 100644
--- a/src/bin/solve/simple.rs
+++ b/src/bin/solve/simple.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut _guess: Word;
     loop {
         response = solver.play(&mut game)?;
-        println!("{response}");
+        println!("{}. guess: {response}", game.step() - 1);
 
         if response.finished() {
             break;
diff --git a/src/solve/mod.rs b/src/solve/mod.rs
index eb4f1c2..cdbe15b 100644
--- a/src/solve/mod.rs
+++ b/src/solve/mod.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ use std::{fmt::Display, str::FromStr};
 use crate::{
     error::{Error, WResult},
     game::{response::*, summary::Summary, Game},
-    wlist::{word::WordData, WordList},
+    wlist::{
+        word::{Word, WordData},
+        WordList,
+    },
 };
 
 pub mod naive;
@@ -11,7 +14,10 @@ pub mod stupid;
 
 pub trait Solver<'wl, WL: WordList>: Clone + std::fmt::Debug {
     fn build(wordlist: &'wl WL) -> WResult<Self>;
-    fn play(&self, game: &mut Game<'wl, WL>) -> WResult<GuessResponse>;
+    fn guess_for(&self, game: &Game<'wl, WL>) -> Word;
+    fn play(&self, game: &mut Game<'wl, WL>) -> WResult<GuessResponse> {
+        Ok(game.guess(self.guess_for(&game))?)
+    }
     fn solve(&self, game: &mut Game<'wl, WL>) -> WResult<Option<WordData>> {
         let mut resp: GuessResponse;
         loop {
diff --git a/src/solve/stupid/mod.rs b/src/solve/stupid/mod.rs
index 17f6c33..5e69298 100644
--- a/src/solve/stupid/mod.rs
+++ b/src/solve/stupid/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::wlist::word::Word;
 use crate::wlist::WordList;
 
 use super::Solver;
@@ -11,10 +12,7 @@ impl<'wl, WL: WordList> Solver<'wl, WL> for StupidSolver<'wl, WL> {
     fn build(wordlist: &'wl WL) -> crate::error::WResult<Self> {
         Ok(Self { wl: wordlist })
     }
-    fn play(
-        &self,
-        game: &mut crate::game::Game<'wl, WL>,
-    ) -> crate::error::WResult<super::GuessResponse> {
-        todo!()
+    fn guess_for(&self, game: &crate::game::Game<'wl, WL>) -> Word {
+        Word::from("hello")
     }
 }