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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.

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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 1 092 3/6

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Wordle 1,092 3/6

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Weirdest thing ever. Before playing this game, I also play Wordle on another website where I impose to myself the hard mode. And today's word is the same! I also got it in the same amount of guesses:

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All these results look rather compatible. I think we should make another test on our overall results. Please report the vector ##(v_1,\ldots,v_7,v_8) = (\ldots)## where ##v_j## represents the number of "solved in ##j## guesses" for ##j<7\, , \,v_7=## "number of failed attempts" and the check sum ##v_8=## "number of total rounds".

Mine is: ##(0,37,181,278,165,48,20,729).##
 
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fresh_42 said:
All these results look rather compatible. I think we should make another test on our overall results. Please report the vector ##(v_1,\ldots,v_7,v_8) = (\ldots)## where ##v_j## represents the number of "solved in ##j## guesses" for ##j<7\, , \,v_7=## "number of failed attempts" and the check sum ##v_8=## "number of total rounds".

Mine is: ##(0,37,181,278,165,48,20,729).##
(0, 6, 231, 338, 168, 41, 5, 789)

My distribution has evolved quite significantly towards lower numbers over time. For example, my last fail was 418 games ago and the streak before that was something like 270. Most fails came very early before I had any sort of strategy.
 
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Wordle 1,093 4/6

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Went through my notes and untainted my scores to the best of my abilities/patience:

1, 52, 333, 359, 114, 22, 0, 881

It was fun looking over how naive I was in the beginning, and what a dreadfully slow learning curve I had.

Guessing that I didn't learn that games are a learning experience, rather than some kind of grade-school "My team beat your team! Ha! Ha!" driviality.
 
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I need normal people, too, not only our cracks.
 
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Wordle 1,093 3/6*

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fresh_42 said:
All these results look rather compatible. I think we should make another test on our overall results. Please report the vector ##(v_1,\ldots,v_7,v_8) = (\ldots)## where ##v_j## represents the number of "solved in ##j## guesses" for ##j<7\, , \,v_7=## "number of failed attempts" and the check sum ##v_8=## "number of total rounds".

Mine is: ##(0,37,181,278,165,48,20,729).##
1, 39, 348, 244, 32, 8, 0, 672.

I have also attached a plot (at no extra cost) showing a calculated normal distribution based on ##\mu## and ##\sigma## obtained from the data. The calculation is shifted to the right probably because of the relatively higher scores I got as a newbie.
 
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kuruman said:
I have also attached a plot (at no extra cost) showing a calculated normal distribution based on μ and σ obtained from the data
I always disliked plots of normal distributions together with data that is quite evidently very very discrete …. 😕
 
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Orodruin said:
I always disliked plots of normal distributions together with data that is quite evidently very very discrete …. 😕
It's only my curiosity to see how close the continuous distribution comes to the discrete. I have removed the offending plot. Do I get a smiley face now?
 
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Wordle 1,093 3/6

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kuruman said:
It's only my curiosity to see how close the continuous distribution comes to the discrete. I have removed the offending plot. Do I get a smiley face now?
Better! You get a 👍
 
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Orodruin said:
Better! You get a 👍
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Wordle 1,093 4/6

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I hate it when there are identical letters.
 
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fresh_42 said:
All these results look rather compatible. I think we should make another test on our overall results. Please report the vector ##(v_1,\ldots,v_7,v_8) = (\ldots)## where ##v_j## represents the number of "solved in ##j## guesses" for ##j<7\, , \,v_7=## "number of failed attempts" and the check sum ##v_8=## "number of total rounds".

Mine is: ##(0,37,181,278,165,48,20,729).##
Even if I understood what you want from me I'm afraid that all the ones I skipped would eff it up. :)
 
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sbrothy said:
Even if I understood what you want from me I'm afraid that all the ones I skipped would eff it up. :)
Not really, since I add all vectors. And the more I get at the upper end, the more I need the other ones to get a meaningful average.
 
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