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[fresh_42]

I thought I had a lucky day yesterday. But then it turned out that there have been 3 possibilities left for the first letter. Guess what it turned out to be ...

 

[OmCheeto]

Either that, or you're likely to get it in two tries 2% of the time.

In the Wordle app histogram, my performance is 8 correct answers in two tries out of 244 games played. So I'm hitting 3.3%, slightly above that average of 2%.

It looks like I'm currently getting it in two about 5% of the time.

guesses​	numbers​	%​
1​	0​	0.0%​
2​	18​	4.9%​
3​	90​	24.3%​
4​	163​	43.9%​
5​	72​	19.4%​
6​	20​	5.4%​
7​	8​	2.2%​
N​	371​
σ​	1.2115​
μ​	4.298​

..
As for the rest of the people over the last 13 games, it looks quite varied: 1 thru 11%

Game #	N	σ	μ	% who got it in 2 guesses
576	337,156	0.830	4.017	2%​
575	356,340	0.837	3.452	11%​
574	370,935	0.824	4.225	1%​
573	668,614	0.759	3.827	3%​
572	319,825	0.847	3.812	5%​
571	668,512	0.750	3.599	5%​
570	353,540	0.786	4.136	1%​
569	301,753	0.890	4.474	1%​
568	671,698	0.850	3.659	8%​
567	195,209	0.814	3.769	5%​
566	169,265	0.878	4.489	1%​
565	229,425	0.775	3.999	2%​
564	230,523	1.081	4.396	3%​

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 577 3/6

 

[scottdave]

Wordle 577 4/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 577 4/6

 

[DrGreg]

Wordle 578 4/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 578 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 578 4/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 578 4/6

 

[DrGreg]

Wordle 579 5/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 579 4/6

 

[scottdave]

Wordle 578 4/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 579 4/6

 

[scottdave]

Wordle 579 6/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 579 4/6

 

[DrGreg]

Wordle 580 3/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 580 4/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 580 3/6

 

[DrGreg]

Wordle 581 4/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 581 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 581 4/6

 

[scottdave]

Wordle 581 4/6

 

[DrGreg]

Wordle 582 5/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 582 4/6






(I had 5 yesterday.)

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 582 2/6




As always, my spreadsheet recommended my second guess, so don't blame me.
Had it been up to me, I'm confident that I would not have gotten it in less than 6.

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 582 4/6

 

[scottdave]

Wordle 582 5/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 583 4/6

 

[DrGreg]

Wordle 583 5/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 583 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 583 3/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 584 3/6

 

[DrGreg]

Wordle 584 3/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 584 4/6

 

[scottdave]

Wordle 584 4/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 584 4/6

 

[DrGreg]

Wordle 585 4/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 585 3/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 585 5/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 585 3/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 586 3/6

 

[DrGreg]

Wordle 586 4/6

 

[scottdave]

Wordle 585 4/6

 

[scottdave]

Wordle 586 6/6








That was close

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 586 4/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 586 4/6

 

[DrGreg]

Wordle 587 4/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 587 4/6






I shouldn't have tried a British word that is totally unknown in the US ...

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 587 3/6

 

[DrGreg]

Wordle 587 4/6






I shouldn't have tried a British word that is totally unknown in the US ...

I made the same mistake.

Wordle 587 4/6