Wordle Lovers - Play the NYT Daily Game

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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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Great start then lame guesses.
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Wordle 1,095 4/6

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fresh_42 said:
Boys, I need your vectors!
https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...-nyt-daily-game.1016903/page-128#post-7096756

I feel lonely among those cracks who never fail.
If you want, I can post everyones scores from game 660 on.
Data collection has been a hobby of mine since my military service.
hmmm....
Actually, I wrote down how many stamps I had from each country, right before I joined, so it's possible I've been fascinated with numbers my whole life.
 
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OmCheeto said:
If you want, I can post everyones scores from game 660 on.
That data is clearly biased though so it is not as informative as getting the actual numbers from people.
 
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Orodruin said:
That data is clearly biased though so it is not as informative as getting the actual numbers from people.
I'll take that as a no.
 
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OmCheeto said:
I'll take that as a no.
Well, up to @fresh_42 who asked for the data, but I would assume significant bias towards solutions with lower guesses just based on my own anecdotal experience. Even if not intentional, I feel much more inclined to share “good” results. If I solve it right after midnight and make a soso attempt, I might just go to sleep instead of jumping onto PF to share. In fact, it happened just last night:

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The third guess was really badly chosen. It put me off somewhat and so when I was done I just felt like going to sleep.
 
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Orodruin said:
Even if not intentional, I feel much more inclined to share “good” results.
I publish bad results on purpose. I hope it makes the others feel better and motivates them to do better. My fails have many different reasons. Sometimes I lacked concentration, sometimes patience, sometimes they were words I did not think they qualify (literally German words, comic speak, or simply out of my vocabulary).

Errare humanum est.
 
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fresh_42 said:
I publish bad results on purpose.
All I am saying is people will have whatever reasons not to publish and that this will bias the data. Therefore data collected from this thread will invariably come with bias.

fresh_42 said:
Errare humanum est.
Sed ad vere confundenda, computatro opus est.
 
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Orodruin said:
All I am saying is people will have whatever reasons not to publish and that this will bias the data. Therefore data collected from this thread will invariably come with bias.
This would open up an interesting thread about statistics and testing hypotheses.
 
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Wordle 1,095 3/6

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