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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
  • 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.

  • #6,781
Wordle 1,396 2/6

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4 players in a row!
 
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  • #6,782
OmCheeto said:
4 players in a row!
Does it count if they are different #s? 🤔

Although Jack is going to get this one in 2 as well ... our common seed ARISE leaves only the solution as a possibility.
 
  • #6,783
Wordle 1,396 5/6

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  • #6,784
I am happy to report that I took 20 minutes to write a Python script to compute the pattern numbers for all possible guesses and solutions. It completes in about a minute. I will be exporting the results to a csv and add them to my sheet. This should remove the need for my sheet to call the script I wrote to go with it and thus significantly improve performance and make some other stuff possible that was prohibitive by computation before.
 
  • #6,785
Wordle 1,396 3/6

🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨 [ARISE] 5 left: GOTCHA! THERE IS ONLY 1 LEFT
⬛🟩🟨⬛🟨 [DUMMY!]
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [ASHEN]

@Orodruin :
Does it show that I hate being predictable?
 
  • #6,786
DUMMY! is 6 characters, you're not fooling me!

I present to you: @Orodruin 's Wordle Sheet, version 3:
Screenshot 2025-04-15 at 20.29.02.png

Yes! It looks exactly the same as version 2, but it is sooooooo much faster.

I had to rip out superfluous rows and columns from all other sheets to accommodate the 2300x2300 lookup table within Google's limit on number of cells per notebook, but it was very worth it.
 
  • #6,787
Interestingly, POUCH and COUCH are currently the worst-case scenario in remaining number of words after every guess if you follow the sheet without further thought:
Screenshot 2025-04-15 at 20.39.58.png

You would have it in 4 or 5 depending on if you guess correctly after BONGO.
 
  • #6,788
Wordle 1,396 3/6

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  • #6,789
All good things come to an end. Including miracle week.

Wordle 1 397 4/6

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  • #6,790
Wordle 1,397 5/6

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#GuessTheGame #1068
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🕹️#ExaltedGameGuru🕹️
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  • #6,791
Wordle 1,397 4/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 AIDER 36
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ SOPHY 3
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 CORAL 1 COBRA
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MORAL

Orodruin said:
All good things come to an end.
I was thinking the same thing.
 
  • #6,792
Wordle 1,397 5/6

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  • #6,793
Wordle 1,397 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ [ARISE] 26 left
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ [PYLON] filter - 2 left: CORAL MORAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [MORAL] most probable

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 74/40 - 64.9%/35.1%
 
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Wordle 1,397 4/6

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  • #6,795
Wordle 1,397 4/6*

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Screenshot from 2025-04-16 22-32-56.png
 
  • #6,796
Wordle 1,398 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ LAMER 128
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 HOIST 3 GUSTO, STOOP,
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STOOD RNG method
 
  • #6,797
Wordle 1 398 4/6

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  • #6,798
Wordle 1,398 6/6

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  • #6,799
Wordle 1,398 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ [ARISE] 42 left
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 [KNOUT] filter - 4 left: SOOTH SOOTY STOOD STOOP
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 [HYPED] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [STOOD]
 
  • #6,800
Wordle 1,398 4/6

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  • #6,801
Ah, normalcy!

Wordle 1 399 3/6

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  • #6,802
Wordle 1,399 2/6

🟨⬛⬛🟨🟩 GLARE 2: SURGE,
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIRGE RNG method

Yippie!
 
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  • #6,803
I failed. So far all the words were normal! How is one supposed to know this word!
 
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  • #6,804
Wordle 1,399 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩 [ARISE] 3 left: DIRGE EERIE RIFLE
⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 [EERIE] most probable - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [DIRGE]

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 74/41 - 64.3%/35.7%

martinbn said:
How is one supposed to know this word!
I feel you. I still don't understand how @OmCheeto could have selected it as a 2nd guess within his choices.
 
  • #6,805
Another small taste of success! :biggrin:

Wordle 1,399 3/6*

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  • #6,806
jack action said:
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I still don't understand how OmCheeto could have selected it as a 2nd guess within his choices.
Given a choice of 2 solutions, I couldn't use your method because I didn't know what the solution word meant. Orodruin's method is useless for 2 words. So I used my trusty 'Random Number Generator' (RNG) method. In the past, whenever I tried to choose between two words, I always seemed to get it wrong, which kind of validates your method. (as I interpret it)

Unfortunately, I don't always document which method I use, so I can't add to your data. I also take terrible notes, as even on the following day, l won't understand what I was talking about. Thirdly, my method is in constant, poorly documented flux.

Example of what I document:

2025.03.17.Monday​
0000 [time of play]
Wordle 1,367 3/6​
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ RINSE 22 left​
⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛ PLUSH 1 left: Orodruin/jack action/OmCheeto hybrid method​
[No idea how to combine all three methods. I suppose I could replay the game and figure out what the hell I was talking about.]
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LASSO​
RINSE 22/2 G/46 T (51 WB)​
[WB total of 51 vs my total of 46 words indicates 5 missing words on my list]
[2 G indicates 2 words added by NYT staff to valid solutions but not yet in play. G comes from 'green', which is how I highlight them on my spreadsheet]
PLUSH 1/0 G/3 T (3 WB)​
LASSO​
WB​
CRANE 137​
TOILS 3 SHOAL,​
SALVO 1​
LASSO​
[Wordlebot play for the day. Guessing WB uses something similar to Orodruin's method, but doesn't eliminate played solution words. Maybe.]
 
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  • #6,807
Wordle 1,399 6/6

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  • #6,808
martinbn said:
I failed. So far all the words were normal! How is one supposed to know this word!
When playing by brain only, about all you can do is to eliminate as many letters as possible. I got lucky today as there were three or four words left that it could have been. I do use a spell checker and a dictionary that gives me lists of possible words, but no one positive correct answer so I do fail occasionally.
 
  • #6,809
martinbn said:
I failed. So far all the words were normal! How is one supposed to know this word!
Imagine being borderline early onset dementia, when even every other day words seem alien.

I looked at BONGO the other day and did not know that it was a real word.
The next day, I wondered why my tiny little brain couldn't connect it to a drum.
 
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  • #6,810
Wordle 1 400 3/6

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One of the worst possible opening patterns for ARISE. The second guess (DIMLY) narrowed it down to 5. CUBIC, OPTIC, PUBIC, INGOT, and INBOX. I liked CUBIC, but I liked INBOX more. Unfortunately INBOX was not a perfect filter like CUBIC. Still went for INBOX as the only words it would not tell apart were CUBIC and PUBIC and the solution sure as anything would not be PUBIC …

Another one in the 3s column for the sheet …
 

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