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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.
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- Conceptual clarification
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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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They almost guessed my seed word! :) I don't get many of these, of course. 4/6 is my usual.
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Lucky guess, I guess.
Lucky guess, I guess.
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Although the pattern above is fresh_42's fault, playing my standard seeds also would have yielded the solution in 3 plays:
Although the pattern above is fresh_42's fault, playing my standard seeds also would have yielded the solution in 3 plays:
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English is the worst language to play that game. Is there any language out there with a lower Hamming distance for words under say, eight letters?
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I decided to ensure victory with guess 4 over randomly guessing among the alternatives.
I decided to ensure victory with guess 4 over randomly guessing among the alternatives.
Spanish can be quite rough. Even if my average solved Wordle in Spanish is lower than my English, the failure rate is significantly higher.fresh_42 said:
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I was almost able to reproduce this ;)DrGreg said:Wordle 474 4/6
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Bwah ha ha!
Bwah ha ha!
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I will be frank: I had to take help. I didn't even know such a word existed.
I will be frank: I had to take help. I didn't even know such a word existed.
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