Wordle Lovers - Play the NYT Daily Game

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This thread centers around the daily Wordle game from the New York Times, where participants share their results, strategies, and experiences. The discussion includes personal anecdotes, strategies for guessing words, and reflections on the game's impact on cognitive skills.

Discussion Character

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  • Conceptual clarification
  • Meta-discussion

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants share their Wordle results, indicating varying levels of success, with scores ranging from 1 to 6 attempts.
  • Several users discuss their strategies for choosing starting words, with mentions of specific words like 'EARLY', 'PIOUS', and 'ADIEU'.
  • One participant notes the surprising number of five-letter words in English and reflects on the difficulty of the game.
  • There are personal anecdotes about family members' engagement with word games, including Wordle, Sudoku, and crosswords.
  • Some participants express a competitive spirit in playing Wordle with partners or family members.
  • Discussion includes a comparison of Wordle to other games, such as Mastermind, highlighting differences in gameplay mechanics.
  • Participants speculate on the timing of Wordle updates and how it may vary based on local time zones and device settings.
  • One user shares their experience playing Wordle in both English and Spanish, noting differences in guessing success rates.
  • There are corrections and clarifications regarding the validity of certain word guesses, such as 'FHLMN'.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a variety of opinions and experiences regarding strategies and the nature of the game, with no clear consensus on the best approaches or the implications of playing Wordle on cognitive skills.

Contextual Notes

Some discussions involve assumptions about the game's rules and the validity of word guesses, which may not be universally agreed upon. There are also references to personal experiences that may not apply to all players.

Who May Find This Useful

This thread may be of interest to fans of word games, particularly those who enjoy sharing strategies and results, as well as those curious about the social dynamics of competitive gameplay.

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Wordle 924 2/6

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kuruman said:
Particularly intriguing (to me) is the location of the word "only" in a sentence as a modifier of what the speaker intends to convey.
This is a pet peeve - people often place the "only" incorrectly for their intended meaning.
 
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gmax137 said:
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩This is a pet peeve - people often place the "only" incorrectly for their intended meaning.
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kuruman said:
Particularly intriguing (to me) is the location of the word "only" in a sentence as a modifier of what the speaker intends to convey. Here is an example I found on the web. Each line is followed by the intended meaning in italics.

https://www.wikihow.com/Sample/Only-Usage

Only + “You should take medicine for your cough.”

Only you should take medicine for your cough.
No one else should be permitted to do so except you.

You only should take medicine for your cough.
You should do nothing else besides take medicine.

You should only take medicine for your cough.
You should take medicine, but ignore other treatment options.

You should take only medicine for your cough.
You should not ingest anything else besides the medicine.

You should take medicine only for your cough.
You should take medicine for your cough, but not for any other ailments you may have.

We can safely conclude that "only" does not commute with the other words in a sentence.
You should take medicine for your only cough.
You only have one cough.
 
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Orodruin said:
You should take medicine for your only cough.
You only have one cough.
Things could get really confusingly hairy if more than one 'only' were allowed in there. :
 
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sbrothy said:
Things could get really confusingly hairy if more than one 'only' were allowed in there. :
Only you have only one cough?
 
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Orodruin said:
Only you have only one cough?

Orodruin said:
Only you have only one cough?
Before you croak? :)
 
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Wordle 925 3/6

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Wordle 925 4/6*

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I'm not lucky with my start words.
 
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5 blanks are still a lot of information!
 
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Wordle 925 2/6

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Pure luck. I had a choice of 41 words after the first guess.
 
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Wordle 925 2/6

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I was lucky too. Given my standard seed, the choice of today's answer left only one possibility.
 
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kuruman said:
Given my standard seed, the choice of today's answer left only one possibility.
Interestingly, the inverse is also true. Given today’s solution and your pattern leaves only one possibility for your seed. (Unless I am mistaken.)
 
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Wordle 925 5/6

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ugh
 
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Wordle 925 5/6*

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Wordle 926 3/6

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Wordle 926 3/6*

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I wont deny there was some luck involved.

EDIT: I mean my starting word was "SQUID"(?)
 
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Wordle 926 4/6

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Wordle 926 4/6*

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Wordle 926 4/6

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Wordle 926 3/6

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Wordle 927 4/6

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Wordle 927 4/6

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Wordle 927 3/6*

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Wordle 927 3/6

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yes we are
 
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Wordle 928 3/6

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Didn't guess yesterdays. Don't play wordle in the middle of the night right before bedtime. :P

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sbrothy said:
Didn't guess yesterdays. Don't play wordle in the middle of the night right before bedtime. :P

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The deadliest of Wordle sins: Letting your streak fall, not due to failure to solve, but to not playing!

Edit: I may have misread your post as not playing. If a hiccup then it happens to the best of us (last time I lost my streak I knew perfectly well what the word was on guess 6 … but misspelled it …)

Wordle 928 3/6

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Out of interest, where are people’s streaks at?
 
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Wordle 928 3/6

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Orodruin said:
Out of interest, where are people’s streaks at?
My streak breaks every time I go on vacation because I drop out of the internet. Here are my tallies

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  • #3,239
I found this one to be difficult
Wordle 928 4/6

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1 0
2 13
3 81
4 112
5 63
6 14
X 3

Current Streak 43, Max Streak 52
 
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Orodruin said:
The deadliest of Wordle sins: Letting your streak fall, not due to failure to solve, but to not playing!

Edit: I may have misread your post as not playing. If a hiccup then it happens to the best of us (last time I lost my streak I knew perfectly well what the word was on guess 6 … but misspelled it …)

Wordle 928 3/6

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Out of interest, where are people’s streaks at?
Nope, I played alright. Just crashed and burned. :P
 

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