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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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  • 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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Wordle 1,367 4/6

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  • #6,602
Wordle 1,368 3/6

⬛🟩🟨🟩⬛ SIREN 8 left
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 DAVIT 1 left, Om/Orod hybrid method
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Wordle 1,368 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 [ARISE] 13 left
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 [PIVOT] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [TIMER]
 
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Wordle 1 368 3/6

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Wordle 1,368 4/6

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Wordle 1 369 2/6

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Finally some luck in the ones where I am basically torn between two equivalent filters! Almost picked ghe other one!
 
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Wordle 1,369 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ CLEAT 73 left
⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 YORPS 1 left, most populous letters of 73 words left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPARK
 
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Wordle 1,369 3/6

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Wordle 1,369 3/6

🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ [ARISE] 7 left: RASPY SATYR SCARY SHARK SONAR SPARK SWARM
🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ [PAWKY] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [SPARK]
 
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Wordle 1,369 3/6

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Wordle 1,370 3/6

🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨 ECLAT 12 left
🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 TAUPE 2 left: HASTE,
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BASTE

Careful! The global average today is 4.7 so far.
 
  • #6,612
Wordle 1,370 5/6

🟨⬛⬛🟨🟩 [ARISE] 28 left
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 [HASTE] possible answer + filter - 5 left: WASTE PASTE CASTE TASTE BASTE :headbang:
🟨⬛🟨⬛🟨 [SWEPT] filter - 3 left: CASTE TASTE BASTE (Should have used something beginning with T like TWERP. I thought it was between WASTE, PASTE and TASTE.)
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ [BENCH] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [BASTE]

I just realized I forgot to filter out past answers. If I had, I would have had it in four with ARISE (8 left), VALET (4 left), CHIRP (1 left), and BASTE. At least I was right about WASTE and TASTE being the most probable solutions since they were already selected!
 
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Wordle 1 370 4/6

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Wordle 1,370 5/6

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Wordle 1 371 4/6

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Meh, those 50-50s are killing me lately …
 
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Wordle 1,371 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 SPORE 53 left
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ UGALI 4 left
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 BIDON 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NUDGE
 
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Wordle 1,371 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 [ARISE] 29 left
⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 [CLUNG] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [NUDGE]

It is interesting to see the difference where my filter uses a word containing the most popular letters in the word set (from any possible word) compared with the choice from @Orodruin where his method limits itself to the word set.

I've been thinking about going to his method, but I'm not quite ready to throw mine away yet.
 
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Wordle 1,371 6/6

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jack action said:
It is interesting to see the difference where my filter uses a word containing the most popular letters in the word set (from any possible word) compared with the choice from @Orodruin where his method limits itself to the word set
It would be interesting to compare the statistics. After 2 months I basically have half 3s, one third 4s, and one sixth 2s. No 1s, 5s, or 6s (that were due to the method, there were a couple of 5s due to human error)
 
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Wordle 1,372 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ POSER 97 left
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ ALIGN 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AMBLE
 
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Wordle 1 372 2/6

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No perfect filter available. AMBLE or ANKLE would both leave a single degeneracy of two words at most.
 
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  • #6,622
Wordle 1,372 3/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 [ARISE] 7 left: ABODE ALGAE AMAZE AMBLE ANGLE ANKLE AWOKE
🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 [ANGLE] possible answer + filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [AMBLE]

Orodruin said:
No perfect filter available. AMBLE or ANKLE would both leave a single degeneracy of two words at most.
Funny, I selected ANGLE because it left only ABODE, AMAZE, and AWOKE, which weren't among my preferred possible answers.
 
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  • #6,624
Wordle 1,373 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ PERIL 8 left
⬛🟨⬛🟩🟨 SPEED 1 left, Orodruin method
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOPEY

[Late edit: Oops! I accidentally transcribed Wordlebots 2nd guess, SPLIT, into the above list. Now fixed.]
 
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Wordle 1 373 4/6

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Wordle 1,373 5/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 [ARISE] 54 left
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 [NOBLY] filter - 3 left: COVEY DOPEY GOOEY
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 [COVEY] most probable - 2 left
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 [GOOEY] most probable - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [DOPEY]

Big fail for the most-probable method here.

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 67/38 - 63.8%/36.2%
 
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Wordle 1,373 3/6

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Orodruin said:
Wordle 1 373 4/6

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For your 2nd guess, did you go with FELON because your were feeling like a criminal?
According to my copy of your spreadsheet, it was number 4 on the list of most logical guesses.

Also wondering if I'm the only person who spends WAY too much time working on Wordle logic such that I can figure out intermediate guesses, given the solution and first guess?
 
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Wordle 1,374 3/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ PLIER 35 left
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ FATSO 4 left: ANGLE, LEACH, ANKLE, LEGAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANGLE Eyeballed as the only one that guaranteed the game in 4.
 
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Wordle 1 374 3/6

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OmCheeto said:
For your 2nd guess, did you go with FELON because your were feeling like a criminal?
According to my copy of your spreadsheet, it was number 4 on the list of most logical guesses.
I do not blindly apply the results of the sheet. If the scores are not significantly different I will instead go for a word I feel more likely to be the solution. ( … which I should have done today - I would have had it in 2 instead!)
 
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