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Discussion Overview

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

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • 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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I tried @Orodruin's strategy and tested the second word although I knew it had to be wrong (I kept the 5th letter from the 1st guess).

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Was going to go with that for the third guess but thought ”naaaaah” πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ
 
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sbrothy said:
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Interesting. So ”hard mode” only cares about yellows and greens. You are free to make guesses you know to be false as long as you obey those …
 
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Orodruin said:
Interesting. So ”hard mode” only cares about yellows and greens. You are free to make guesses you know to be false as long as you obey those …
Once a letter is placed correctly I cant place it any other place. And I can't leave out a letter that is in there but placed incorrectly.

Basically, it just keeps me from doing some stupid stuff.

I can still eff up though. :PNo wait.... That actually didnt make sense....

Yes. Yes it did.

Got confused there for a sec.

For instance I absentmindedly used the letter O twice. Not very smart as it had been eliminated. I'd expect "Hard Mode" would prevent me from doing that, but obviously not.
 
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sbrothy said:
Once a letter is placed correctly I cant place it any other place. And I can't leave out a letter that is in there but placed incorrectly.

Basically, it just keeps me from doing some stupid stuff.

I can still eff up though. :PNo wait.... That actually didnt make sense....

Yes. Yes it did.

Got confused there for a sec.

For instance I absentmindedly used the letter O twice. Not very smart as it had been eliminated. I'd expect "Hard Mode" would prevent me from doing that, but obviously not.
Yea, my ”beef” with ”hard” mode is that it can actually stop you from securing a win if you have a ”lucky” guess early on. Simply by virtue of not allowing you to ensure enough information gain at each guess.
 
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Line 3 was a mistake (the 5th letter couldn't have been correct because it was the 5th letter in line 2, so @Orodruin is correct - hard mode doesn't prevent you from making that kind of mistake). I knew line 5 had to be wrong but I needed more clues. :)
 
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Mister T said:
hard mode doesn't prevent you from making that kind of mistake). I knew line 5 had to be wrong but I needed more clues
That's not hard mode, it's sadistic mode.
 
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Once again. Big phantasy meets small Hamming distance.

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