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[Orodruin]

But … why?

 

[Orodruin]

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[OmCheeto]

But … why?

I didn't even notice that! I refer to that type of thing as 'before my first cup of coffee in the morning' brain. I can totally relate.

Wordle 1,200 4/6

 

[sbrothy]

[...] To @sbrothy : If the idea crosses your mind that we are overthinking this, you're probably right $~\dots~$ but it's fun to do so.

That was exactly my point. Also, it was - to put it mildly - ironic.

I may have a "heurestic" MO but I'm hardly innocent of overthinking things.

EDIT: Heck, I wrote several thousand lines of C++ just to discover that cheating doesn't really pay off.

Fortunately (or disturbingly), most of the code was lying around from my cheating at Scrabble.

EDIT2: I think I already linked to this, but if I need a ticket to the nerd-club I hope this will do

 

[sbrothy]

Wordle 1,200 4/6*

Spoiler

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 1,200 4/6

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,200 4/6

[CLASH] 228 left
[IRONE] filter - 3 left: DETOX DOPEY MODEM
[DOPEY] filter & most probable answer by a human
[MODEM]

 

[gmax137]

Wordle 1,200 6/6








I used @sbrothy 's seed word. I don't think I will do that again, lol

 

[gmax137]

But … why?

I figured that's why he said

Absolutely no comment. :(

 

[dwarde]

Wordle 1,200 6/6

 

[dwarde]

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I used @sbrothy 's seed word. I don't think I will do that again, lol

That solution pattern looks just like familiar. :)

 

[ChaseLess]

Wordle 1,201 4/6






The beach is calling

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 1 201 4/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,201 4/6

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,201 2/6

[CLASH] 2 left: SHELF SHELL
[SHELL] more romantic than SHELF

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 1,201 4/6

 

[gmax137]

Wordle 1,201 4/6

 

[sbrothy]

Wordle 1,201 6/6*








Eh.

 

[dwarde]

Wordle 1,201 5/6

 

[ChaseLess]

Wordle 1,202 5/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,202 4/6

 

[sbrothy]

Wordle 1,202 4/6*

Spoiler

That was pretty dumb. Got there eventually though.

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,202 3/6

[CLASH] 115 left
[TENOR] filter - 2 left: AXION WAGON
[WAGON] Like, anyone would select AXION ... not!

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 1,202 4/6

 

[gmax137]

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vowel filter (something I don't normally do)

guessed wrong

 

[dwarde]

Wordle 1,202 3/6

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 1 203 2/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,203 4/6

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,203 3/6

[CLASH] 85 left
[PIOYE] filter - 5 left: BIBLE BILGE LIEGE RIFLE TITLE
[TITLE] most probable to be selected by a human

Luck or technique?

On my second guess, the filter words suggested by my program were BEGAT or BIGOT which would have made a guaranteed answer in 4.

But I knew BIBLE and RIFLE were not preferred as they are too edgy, especially with the ongoing US election. BILGE is way down on my list of preferred words. TITLE seems more appropriate because it is more common and LIEGE sounded more foreign and less used.

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 1,203 4/6

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 1,203 3/6

2/6

 

[jack action]

Again, I picked the right word with an - apparently - 1 in 5 odd. Do you still believe it's luck or can you begin to see that my criteria to reduce it to a 1:1 odd might have some value?

 

[ChaseLess]

Wordle 1,203 5/6







Almost gave up and tried all the letters left lol

 

[gmax137]

Wordle 1,203 4/6

 

[Orodruin]

Again, I picked the right word with an - apparently - 1 in 5 odd. Do you still believe it's luck or can you begin to see that my criteria to reduce it to a 1:1 odd might have some value?

It has about as much value as Pascal’s wager until you do a proper statistical analysis with a clear and statistically significant conclusion.

It is definitely not the mic drop moment you seem to believe it to be.

 

[dwarde]

Wordle 1,203 6/6

 

[jack action]

It has about as much value as Pascal’s wager until you do a proper statistical analysis with a clear and statistically significant conclusion.

It is definitely not the mic drop moment you seem to believe it to be.

I have to pick a word, no matter the method I choose. Why not test a theory while at it?

I'm gaining the data one game at a time.

The mic drop moment I believe I have is the one where the results tend towards the initial hypothesis. That seems to show a good start:

I'm having fun, not looking for a cure for cancer.

 

[gmax137]

@OmCheeto what is the x-axis on your chart? Is this the percentage of the solution words that have been used? There's what, some 2000 of those?

 

[OmCheeto]

@OmCheeto what is the x-axis on your chart? Is this the percentage of the solution words that have been used? There's what, some 2000 of those?

Percent of the game that is done. So yes, "percentage of the solution words that have been used?" is correct.

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,204 4/6

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,204 3/6

[CLASH] 228 left
[IRONE] filter - 3 left: MINER REIGN RIPEN
[MINER] most probable solution

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 1,204 3/6

 

[gmax137]

Wordle 1,204 6/6

STRAP
RULER
NEVER I see 5 choices now
WAGON a filter, I see 2 choices left
INNER picked the wrong one
MINER

harder than it needed to be

 

[dwarde]

Wordle 1,204 5/6
Good grief It was right in front of me.
Wordle 1,204 5/6

 

[sbrothy]

Wordle 1,204 4/6*

Spoiler

 

[sbrothy]

Wordle 1,205 5/6*

Spoiler

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 1 205 3/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,205 4/6

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,205 4/6

[CLASH] 109 left
[ENTRY] filter - 7 left: BALER FERAL LAGER LARGE PALER REGAL RELAX
[LARGE] lucky mistake *
[LAGER]

* I first made a mistake when entering my 2nd guess in my program; the erroneous solution was that there was only one left, i.e. LARGE. I, of course, realized my mistake when I found out it wasn't the solution. Entering the correct input as my second guess showed there were actually 7 left. With my already set third guess, the solution was clear.

If I would have entered the second guess correctly, I'm not sure what I would have picked as my third guess. The word suggested by my program was AXING which would have left 3 words: LAGER LARGE REGAL. I'm still not sure which one I would have picked between those three. My mind is too tainted by knowing the solution. Especially since, merely a few seconds before, I did another Wordle on another site where the answer was LAYER, and LAGER was one of the 5 choices I had after my second guess.

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 1,205 4/6