Wordle Lovers - Play the NYT Daily Game

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This forum discussion centers around the daily Wordle game from the New York Times, specifically Wordle 393 and 395. Participants share their results and strategies, highlighting the importance of word selection and guessing techniques. Users mention starting words like 'EARLY', 'PIOUS', and 'ADIEU' as effective openers. Additionally, the conversation touches on the game's timing, noting that Wordle updates at midnight local time, which can vary based on users' time zones.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of Wordle game mechanics
  • Familiarity with common five-letter English words
  • Knowledge of basic guessing strategies in word games
  • Awareness of time zone differences affecting game updates
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  • Research effective starting words for Wordle strategies
  • Explore variations of Wordle, such as Octordle and Letterle
  • Learn about the linguistic structure of five-letter words in different languages
  • Investigate the psychological effects of word games on cognitive function
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Word enthusiasts, casual gamers, and anyone looking to improve their Wordle performance or explore similar word-based games.

  • #6,931
Wordle 1,422 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 AROSE 18
🟩🟨⬛🟨⬛ DEVON 1 Orod/Om hybrid method
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  • #6,932
Had to look up the word after I guessed it. A very "heurestic" approach. :smile:

Wordle 1,422 5/6*

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⬛🟩⬛🟩🟨
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  • #6,933
Wordle 1,422 5/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 [ARISE] 50 left
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 [TONAL] filter - 4 left: BOWEL DOWEL HOVEL VOWEL
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 [VOWEL] filter - 2 left
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 [BOWEL] I shouldn't have picked this one, I don't know what I was thinking
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [DOWEL]
 
  • #6,934
Wordle 1 422 4/6

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  • #6,935
Wordle 1,422 4/6

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  • #6,936
Wordle 1,422 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨
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  • #6,937
Wordle 1 423 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
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This is the 100th game of the sheet-assisted play. Results are currently at:
2: 19
3: 54
4: 27
which of course also are the percentages… mean is 3.08 with a standard deviation of 0.68.
 
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  • #6,938
Wordle 1,423 2/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 PARSE 1
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While my seed left only 1 solution, it would have been 15 had I not kept track of already played words. I don't remember ever seeing a ratio like that in the past.
 
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  • #6,939
Wordle 1,423 4/6

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  • #6,940
My statistics

3: 12
4: 25
5: 14
6: 2

This doesn't include the fails.
 
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  • #6,941
Wordle 1,423 4/6

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  • #6,942
Wordle 1 424 2/6

🟩🟨⬛⬛🟩
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  • #6,943
Wordle 1,423 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 [ARISE] 9 left - BEFIT BICEP EIGHT ELFIN FETID INLET LIKEN VIXEN WIELD
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ [FLINT] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [BICEP]
 
  • #6,944
Wordle 1,424 4/6

🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ RELAY 25
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ TSKED 6
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 AVIZE 1
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  • #6,945
Wordle 1,424 3/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
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  • #6,946
It seems my "MO" has outlived it's usefulness.

Wordle 1,424 5/6*

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  • #6,947
Oh good grief. o0)


Wordle 1,424 5/6

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  • #6,948
Wordle 1,424 3/6

🟩🟨⬛⬛🟩 [ARISE] 4 left: AGREE AZURE ADORE AWARE
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ [WOOZY] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [AWARE]
 
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  • #6,949
jack action said:
Wordle 1,424 3/6

🟩🟨⬛⬛🟩 [ARISE] 4 left: AGREE AZURE ADORE AWARE
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ [WOOZY] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [AWARE]
Methinks you forgot to flip a switch. Your seed left only one answer in augment mode.
 
  • #6,950
OmCheeto said:
Methinks you forgot to flip a switch. Your seed left only one answer in augment mode.
:doh:

That's why I couldn't choose between them: they all look like possible answers because they were all already chosen answers.
 
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  • #6,951
Wordle 1,425 3/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ BALER 15
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ GOUTS 1 Or/Om hybrid 1.000 filter
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  • #6,952
Wordle 1,425 6/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩
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  • #6,953
Wordle 1,425 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ [ARISE] 69 left
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ [LOUSY] filter - 6 left: BONGO BOOTH BOTCH CONCH NOTCH POOCH
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ [NOTCH] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [BONGO]
 
  • #6,954
OmCheeto said:
Methinks you forgot to flip a switch. Your seed left only one answer in augment mode.
As seen in post #6942 …
 
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  • #6,955
I'm not quite sure how I did that. :cool:

Wordle 1,425 3/6

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  • #6,956
Wordle 1 425 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
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There were still 11 left after second guess. BONGO was the best filter …
 
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  • #6,957
Wordle 1,426 3/6

⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 PALER 14
🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛ GYTES 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 chosen with random number generator

Don't let my low score fool you.
According to my records, this is the 2nd worst game ever, where 26% of the people globally did not solve the puzzle.
27% of the people solved it in 6 guesses.
21% solved it in 5 guesses
15% solved it in 4
8% solved it in 3
2% solved it in 2

Orodruin said:
Wordle 1 425 3/6

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There were still 11 left after second guess. BONGO was the best filter …

Thanks! Your spoiler pointed out a bug in my software, as BONGO was NOT the best filter when I replayed your game: ARISE, MOUTH(?), BONGO
 
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  • #6,958
Wordle 1,426 4/6

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⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜
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  • #6,959
Wordle 1,426 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 [ARISE] 26 left
⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛ [BETEL] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [EAGER]
 
  • #6,960
:biggrin:

Wordle 1,426 2/6

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