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