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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 1,547 3/6

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I'm not impressed with my performance lately. It kinda took a dive.

Wordle 1,548 4/6*

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EDIT: Then again maybe don't try to solve them at 4 in the morning, but as I mentioned elsewhere my sleep cycle got whacked out of sync.
 
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  • #7,623
Wordle 1,548 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ PARSE 21
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ SOUTH 1
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sbrothy said:
Heh, uncanny. Although you weren't scatterbrained enough to try SARIN. :smile:

EDIT: But NARIS is new to me though!
I was just trying whatever words I could and hoping wordle would accept it :)
It's a new word to me as well...

Wordle 1,548 3/6*

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⬛⬛🟩🟨🟨 PAINS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISY
 
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TensorCalculus said:
I was just trying whatever words I could and hoping wordle would accept it :)
It's a new word to me as well...

Wordle 1,548 3/6*

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⬛⬛🟩🟨🟨 PAINS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISY
Haha! I’ll admit to using that “tactic” sometimes too. :woot:
 
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Wordle 1,548 3/6

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Wordle 1,549 3/6

🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ ANISE 5 left. 2 of which are perfect guesses. Flipped coin and....
🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 Drats! 1 left.
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  • #7,628
Again it had me stumped. I looked up the alternatives afterwards and there was only one left as far as I could tell. ALOOF.

Wordle 1.549 4/6*

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sbrothy said:
Haha! I’ll admit to using that “tactic” sometimes too. :woot:
I don't think there is a day where I don't use that tactic...

Aaaaaaagh (admittedly there were some pretty dumb guesses but... still...)

Wordle 1,549 5/6*

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I don't even want to talk about it. o0)

Wordle 1,549 5/6

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dwarde said:
I don't even want to talk about it. o0)

Wordle 1,549 5/6

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At least it made me feel better! :woot:
 
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  • #7,632
Wordle 1,550 4/6

⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ PALER 32
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 UTILE 2
🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 Like yesterday, a bad flip of the coin: 1 left
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  • #7,633
Hm.

Wordle 1.550 5/6*

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Wordle 1,550 4/6

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Wordle 1,551 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ARISE 83
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ NOBLY 7
🟩⬛🟩🟨🟨 TWEET 1
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  • #7,636
Perhaps it's time to start cheating again.....

Wordle 1,551 5/6*

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Wordle 1,551 3/6

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  • #7,638
I think I forgot Wordle yesterday...

Close.

Wordle 1,551 6/6*

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TensorCalculus said:
I think I forgot Wordle yesterday...
If you have a second browser that you don't use to play Wordle, you might try the following method:
1. close all browsers​
2. reset the date on your device to the date you want to play​
3. open your non-Wordle browser​
4. play the game​

In the olden days, this used to work without changing browsers.
I suspect that they at some point installed a cookie that monitors the games we've played, so you have to use a browser not tainted with the latest game number.

I once did an experiment where I altered the time stamp to see how the global numbers changed over a 24 hour period. No problem whatsoever.
Then, about 2 years ago, I tried this sneaky trick, and it totally messed up my statistics @ the NYT.

I just now tried it using my least used browser, and it worked, without messing up my stats.

....

Just went back and tried it again with my alternate browser and the NYT blocked me from continuing.
I closed the browser, opened it back up, cleared all cookies, played the game, and the NYT let me see all of the normally paid for data. (I have a subscription: $300 per year!)
 
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  • #7,640
Wordle 1,552 4/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ LITER 29
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 SNIDE 2
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ANIME 1
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I need a new coin......
 
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This one went downhill fast.

Wordle 1,552 6/6

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OmCheeto said:
If you have a second browser that you don't use to play Wordle, you might try the following method:
1. close all browsers​
2. reset the date on your device to the date you want to play​
3. open your non-Wordle browser​
4. play the game​

In the olden days, this used to work without changing browsers.
I suspect that they at some point installed a cookie that monitors the games we've played, so you have to use a browser not tainted with the latest game number.

I once did an experiment where I altered the time stamp to see how the global numbers changed over a 24 hour period. No problem whatsoever.
Then, about 2 years ago, I tried this sneaky trick, and it totally messed up my statistics @ the NYT.

I just now tried it using my least used browser, and it worked, without messing up my stats.

....

Just went back and tried it again with my alternate browser and the NYT blocked me from continuing.
I closed the browser, opened it back up, cleared all cookies, played the game, and the NYT let me see all of the normally paid for data. (I have a subscription: $300 per year!)
I've done this a lot but can't remember which date I changed. The OS probably. I also think there's an official wordle page where you can solve old puzzles.
 
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OmCheeto said:
Wordle 1,552 4/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ LITER 29
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 SNIDE 2
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ANIME 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I need a new coin......
A friend once learned us how to make a contraption bending a piece of steel in a certain pattern which you could stick into the coin slot and turn as many times as you liked. Free games. Needless to say we became unpopular fast.

EDIT: Of course that kind of thing wont fly anymore.
EDIT2: As for startes there are no arcade machines anymore!
EDIT3: Which reminds me I have the complete arcade ROM collection. It's like 10 DVDs. As each game is around 128kb I have never unpacked more than one.
 
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OmCheeto said:
If you have a second browser that you don't use to play Wordle, you might try the following method:
1. close all browsers​
2. reset the date on your device to the date you want to play​
3. open your non-Wordle browser​
4. play the game​

In the olden days, this used to work without changing browsers.
I suspect that they at some point installed a cookie that monitors the games we've played, so you have to use a browser not tainted with the latest game number.

I once did an experiment where I altered the time stamp to see how the global numbers changed over a 24 hour period. No problem whatsoever.
Then, about 2 years ago, I tried this sneaky trick, and it totally messed up my statistics @ the NYT.

I just now tried it using my least used browser, and it worked, without messing up my stats.

....

Just went back and tried it again with my alternate browser and the NYT blocked me from continuing.
I closed the browser, opened it back up, cleared all cookies, played the game, and the NYT let me see all of the normally paid for data. (I have a subscription: $300 per year!)
Annoyingly I can't thanks to my phone's parental controls :frown:
Smart though!

I got today's in two :)
Wordle 1,552 2/6*

🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛FLUID
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩KNIFE

Slightly unrelatedly I also got today's Spanish wordle in two (I'm CRAMMING as much Spanish practice as I can so I hopefully do well on my GCSE)! What luck!
 
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Wordle 1,553 5/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 SNORE 119
🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 AUDIT 10
🟨🟩🟩🟩⬛ RATED 4
⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩 ELVER 1
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Interestingly, my 4th guess did not guarantee a win in 5, so I could have easily gotten this in 6.
The last time I got a 5 was almost 200 games ago.

The global average today was 3.696
 
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  • #7,646
Hahaa, got it in 3! Sadly, I'm on this public computer which has copy/paste disabled. I'll post it later. :smile:

Wordle 1,553 3/6*

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EDIT: Had I used my brain just a little I would have guessed HATER in #2, if not outright LATER and been done in 2. I have no idea where EATER came from or what purpose I thought it would serve!

EDIT2: BTW, one of the employees explained why copy/paste is disabled and it actually makes sense. Of course I've forgotten all about it now.
 
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  • #7,647
TensorCalculus said:
Annoyingly I can't thanks to my phone's parental controls :frown:
Smart though!

I got today's in two :)
Wordle 1,552 2/6*

🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛FLUID
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩KNIFE

Slightly unrelatedly I also got today's Spanish wordle in two (I'm CRAMMING as much Spanish practice as I can so I hopefully do well on my GCSE)! What luck!
It'd almost sad for you (though perhaps also good) that your parents are so tech-savvy that you can't circumvent the limits they set up. And watch out, if you were even able, I suspect they're so savvy they'll find out one way or the other!

I sincerely hope I haven't abused your trust revealing that your parents are so adept. I suspect they'll have to be with a "problem child" such as you. :woot:

EDIT: I tried to find a trope specific to parental control on computers or internet but came up blank. Thus this "catch it all"-trope.
 
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Good grief Charlie Brown, my half baked little system of eliminating letters let me down completely. Although looking back I did choose some unlikely words three times in a row. On the other hand I have improved a lot since the aphasia. ?:)

Wordle 1,553 X/6

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sbrothy said:
It'd almost sad for you (though perhaps also good) that your parents are so tech-savvy that you can't circumvent the limits they set up. And watch out, if you were even able, I suspect they're so savvy they'll find out one way or the other!

I sincerely hope I haven't abused your trust revealing that your parents are so adept. I suspect they'll have to be with a "problem child" such as you. :woot:

EDIT: I tried to find a trope specific to parental control on computers or internet but came up blank. Thus this "catch it all"-trope.
Oh no, I tried, trust me there are many ways of circumventing, but not many such that they won't realise I've circumvented their controls.
Either way, I don't spend much time on my phone anyway. It's basically just a ton of whatsapp. So it's not super annoying...

Maybe I should start playing wordle at midnight more often though!
Wordle 1,553 3/6*

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ FLUID
🟩🟨🟨⬛🟨 LEAST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATER
 
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Wordle 1,554 3/6

⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ CARET 59
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 SOLID 2
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Yay! My new coin worked.
 
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