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[Orodruin]

Ah, normalcy!

Wordle 1 399 3/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,399 2/6

GLARE 2: SURGE,
DIRGE RNG method

Yippie!

 

[martinbn]

I failed. So far all the words were normal! How is one supposed to know this word!

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,399 3/6

[ARISE] 3 left: DIRGE EERIE RIFLE
[EERIE] most probable - 1 left
[DIRGE]

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 74/41 - 64.3%/35.7%

How is one supposed to know this word!

I feel you. I still don't understand how @OmCheeto could have selected it as a 2nd guess within his choices.

 

[sbrothy]

Another small taste of success!

Wordle 1,399 3/6*

Spoiler

 

[OmCheeto]

...
I still don't understand how OmCheeto could have selected it as a 2nd guess within his choices.

Given a choice of 2 solutions, I couldn't use your method because I didn't know what the solution word meant. Orodruin's method is useless for 2 words. So I used my trusty 'Random Number Generator' (RNG) method. In the past, whenever I tried to choose between two words, I always seemed to get it wrong, which kind of validates your method. (as I interpret it)

Unfortunately, I don't always document which method I use, so I can't add to your data. I also take terrible notes, as even on the following day, l won't understand what I was talking about. Thirdly, my method is in constant, poorly documented flux.

Example of what I document:

2025.03.17.Monday​

0000 [time of play]​

Wordle 1,367 3/6​

RINSE 22 left​

PLUSH 1 left: Orodruin/jack action/OmCheeto hybrid method​

[No idea how to combine all three methods. I suppose I could replay the game and figure out what the hell I was talking about.]​

LASSO​

​

RINSE 22/2 G/46 T (51 WB)​

[WB total of 51 vs my total of 46 words indicates 5 missing words on my list]​

[2 G indicates 2 words added by NYT staff to valid solutions but not yet in play. G comes from 'green', which is how I highlight them on my spreadsheet]​

PLUSH 1/0 G/3 T (3 WB)​

LASSO​

​

WB​

CRANE 137​

TOILS 3 SHOAL,​

SALVO 1​

LASSO​

[Wordlebot play for the day. Guessing WB uses something similar to Orodruin's method, but doesn't eliminate played solution words. Maybe.]​

 

[dwarde]

Wordle 1,399 6/6

 

[dwarde]

I failed. So far all the words were normal! How is one supposed to know this word!

When playing by brain only, about all you can do is to eliminate as many letters as possible. I got lucky today as there were three or four words left that it could have been. I do use a spell checker and a dictionary that gives me lists of possible words, but no one positive correct answer so I do fail occasionally.

 

[OmCheeto]

I failed. So far all the words were normal! How is one supposed to know this word!

Imagine being borderline early onset dementia, when even every other day words seem alien.

I looked at BONGO the other day and did not know that it was a real word.
The next day, I wondered why my tiny little brain couldn't connect it to a drum.

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 1 400 3/6





One of the worst possible opening patterns for ARISE. The second guess (DIMLY) narrowed it down to 5. CUBIC, OPTIC, PUBIC, INGOT, and INBOX. I liked CUBIC, but I liked INBOX more. Unfortunately INBOX was not a perfect filter like CUBIC. Still went for INBOX as the only words it would not tell apart were CUBIC and PUBIC and the solution sure as anything would not be PUBIC …

Another one in the 3s column for the sheet …

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,400 4/6

LATER 100
NOISY 2
BINGO 1 RNG
INBOX

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,400 4/6

[ARISE] 56 left
[HOTLY] filter - 4 left: BINGO INBOX OVOID WIDOW
[BINGO] most probable - 1 left
[INBOX]

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 74/42 - 63.8%/36.2%

 

[martinbn]

Wordle 1,400 5/6

 

[dwarde]

Wordle 1,400 4/6

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 1 401 3/6





Edit: Another new addition to the sheet:

The "sig" column now also tells me the standard deviation in the remaining entropy for the future guesses.

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,401 4/6

YEAST 15
TORAH 3
BLEEP 1
PATCH

 

[dwarde]

Apparently I have found no way to deal with words that have the same ending letters.

Wordle 1,401 X/6

 

[martinbn]

Wordle 1,401 4/6

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 1 402 4/6



0 left on my list. I did not have SPATE as a possible solution.

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,401 4/6

[ARISE] 59 left
[CLINT] filter - 2 left: BATCH PATCH
[BATCH] most probable - 1 left
[PATCH]

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 74/43 - 63.2%/36.8%

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,402 3/6

SANER 5
STEAL 0 !!!!!!! Went to a help site and found one. Phew!

 

[OmCheeto]

Apparently I have found no way to deal with words that have the same ending letters.

There are quite a few with 6 or more matches for the last 4 letters
9: e/m/f/w/t/l/n/r/sight
8: m/b/w/p/r/f/s/hound, t/m/b/s/p/c/l/rower
7: l/b/h/w/c/p/match
6: c/p/h/w/t/baste, r/c/f/t/b/patty, d/h/v/j/t/gaunt, d/b/f/w/h/silly, d/f/l/r/m/gusty

5: 14 sets
4: 37 sets
3: 80 sets

Too many for my brain to keep track of.

 

[dwarde]

Here we go again

Wordle 1,402 5/6

 

[martinbn]

Wordle 1,402 4/6

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 1 403 2/6

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,402 4/6

[ARISE] 7 left: CASTE HASTE PASTE SALVE SAUCE SHALE STAVE
[SALVE] possible answer + filter - 0 left
[NEMPT] filter
[SPATE]

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,403 3/6

STEAL 7
HASTY 1 PASTY & PATSY were also ideal guesses = solutions & guaranteed win in 3

 

[martinbn]

Wordle 1,403 3/6

 

[dwarde]

Wordle 1,403 3/6

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,403 2/6

[ARISE] 1 left
[ARTSY]

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 1 404 3/6





Interesting game. I actually noticed OZONE already in the list of 27 words remaining after the seed. It was such a bad filter, but one of the more appealing words to enter as a solution. After the best filter (BULGE) returned 5 words (EMCEE, PENCE, TEPEE, FEMME, and OZONE) I decided to yolo it with OZONE on guess 3 - even if it was still the absolutely worst filter among the five. Missing and the result being EMCEE, TEPEE, or FEMME would have put me in serious jeopardy of getting the first 5 since the sheet, but I considered those quite unlikely. And lo and behold!

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,404 4/6

SIREN 18
PALMY 4 DUNCE, VENUE, FENCE, OZONE
DUNCE 1 eyeballed as perfect guess

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,404 4/6

[ARISE] 28 left
[GULCH] filter - 3 left: FEMME OZONE TEPEE
[FEMME] most probable + filter - 1 left
[OZONE]

The answer would have been only my 2nd favorite, and it wasn't a good filter.

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 74/44 - 62.7%/37.3%

 

[dwarde]

Wordle 1,404 6/6

 

[martinbn]

Wordle 1,404 3/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,405 3/6

BALER 72
STING 1

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 1 405 3/6





Even if neither were the best filter, the choice for the second guess was between NIECE and GENIE. Both reasonable solutions and the degeneracies they would leave did not seem very likely. Of course, I should have gone with GENIE instead of NIECE…

 

[martinbn]

Wordle 1,405 4/6

 

[dwarde]

Wordle 1,405 4/6

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,405 3/6

[ARISE] 8 left: BIBLE BILGE CUTIE DIODE GENIE IMBUE LIEGE NIECE
[BILGE] possible answer + filter (My program suggested BULGE) - 1 left
[GENIE]

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 1 406 4/6

731 may seem like an odd milestone, but it is 365+366. Today is the two-year anniversary of my streak.

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,406 4/6

PALER 122
NOISY not 9
BOUND 1

 

[martinbn]

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731 may seem like an odd milestone, but it is 365+366. Today is the two-year anniversary of my streak.

You've played 1103, you have 100% win rate, and 731 streak! Why not 1103 streak?

 

[martinbn]

Wordle 1,406 3/6

 

[dwarde]

Wordle 1,406 5/6

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 1 407 3/6





Another close one. I was choosing between the second guess CLASP and CLASH … of course decided to go wrong …

You've played 1103, you have 100% win rate, and 731 streak! Why not 1103 streak?

Several reasons. First of all, and the one relevant here, is that Wordle rounds the result to the nearest integer. My actual win rate is something like 99.55%. I made some blunders early in Wordle history. Most recently two years ago, when I had the solution, but misspelled it in the final guess.

Second, you can lose the streak even with an actual 100% win rate. If you miss a day it resets your streak, but does not affect your win rate.

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,406 3/6

[ARISE] 71 left
[LOUSY] filter - 2 left: KNOWN THONG
[KNOWN] most probable

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 75/44 - 63.0%/37.0%

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 1,407 3/6

LEAST 3 CLASP, CLASH, SLASH
CLASP 1

 

[martinbn]

Wordle 1,407 3/6

 

[dwarde]

Wordle 1,407 4/6