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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.

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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Wordle 1,248 3/6

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Wordle 1,248 4/6

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Wordle 1,248 4/6

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Wordle 1,249 3/6

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Wordle 1,249 3/6

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Wordle 1,249 4/6

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Wordle 1,249 4/6

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Wordle 1 250 3/6

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Wordle 1,250 5/6

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Wordle 1,249 3/6

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Wordle 1,250 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ [MOTEL] 107 left
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 [SARIN] filter - 5 left: EKING EYING KNIFE NICHE NIECE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [NICHE] most probable

I could have used GUSTY as a filter word, which would have guaranteed an answer in 4, but I went for the kill by choosing the most probable word.

My preferred words were (in order): NICHE KNIFE NIECE EYING EKING.

I was torn apart selecting between NICHE and KNIFE as my first guess and EYING and EKING were not really considered.

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 38/15 - 71.7%/28.3%
 
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Wordle 1,250 4/6

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do you say "nitch" or "neesh"?
 
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Wordle 1,250 5/6

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Orodruin said:
Accent dependent. Outside the US, most would use /niːʃ/. See also https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/niche
Thanks, I really like that wiktionary link, I think that site is a lot better than it was last time I visited (long ago). The audio clips are pretty cool!
 
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Wordle 1 251 3/6

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Orodruin said:
(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.
I am now (0, 16, 288, 409, 188, 42, 5, 948).
This means the last 159 games since posting the last one have gone (0, 10, 57, 71, 20, 1, 0, 159). Wordle is definitely getting easier with a lot of words used up alread.
 
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Wordle 1,251 3/6

🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 [SUITE] 6 left: SEIZE SLIDE SLIME SNIDE SNIPE SPINE
🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 [PLANE] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [SPINE]

I couldn't identify which word was the most probable, so I went for a filter word (and got lucky).

Maybe I'm not fully awake yet, but with the same first, middle, and last letters, they all looked the same.
 
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Wordle 1,251 3/6

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Wordle 1,251 3/6

🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 this is very close to my seed word yesterday
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 this was my seed word yesterday

I think this is as close as I will ever get to the "hole in one"
 
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Wordle 1,251 3/6

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Wordle 1,251 4/6

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Wordle 1 252 3/6

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