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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.

  • #91
No, way simpler these are actual Wordle copy and pastes, helps to know the answer ahead of time though
 
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  • #92
BWV said:
No, way simpler these are actual Wordle copy and pastes, helps to know the answer ahead of time though

Not necessary:

Wordle 405 1/6

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #93
fresh_42 said:
Not necessary:

Wordle 405 1/6

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where is the fun in that? Its actually a minor challenge to come up with words to get the pattern you want
 
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  • #94
BWV said:
Wordle 404 X/6

🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Why do you only paint with two colors? 😇
 
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  • #96
Wordle 405 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟨🟨⬜🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #97
Wordle 405 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨
⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #100
Wordle 406 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
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⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Interesting how much you can conclude from ruling out a lot of letters …
 
  • #101
... or how many variations still exist given some hits.
Wordle 406 5/6

⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
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  • #102
Wordle 406 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #104
Orodruin said:
Why Wordle in Spanish is annoying:

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⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
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I've never studied Spanish, but I have studied other languages. Is Spanish a language in which a word can have lots of different endings depending on the grammatical context? In English, the only variations are to add an "s" to most nouns, or to add "s", "ed" or "ing" to most verbs. (With a small number of exceptions to the rule.)
 
  • #105
DrGreg said:
I've never studied Spanish, but I have studied other languages. Is Spanish a language in which a word can have lots of different endings depending on the grammatical context? In English, the only variations are to add an "s" to most nouns, or to add "s", "ed" or "ing" to most verbs. (With a small number of exceptions to the rule.)
Or "y" (fish - fishy, mess - messy) and "ly" (adjective > adverb) to change the grammatical context.
 
  • #106
DrGreg said:
I've never studied Spanish, but I have studied other languages. Is Spanish a language in which a word can have lots of different endings depending on the grammatical context? In English, the only variations are to add an "s" to most nouns, or to add "s", "ed" or "ing" to most verbs. (With a small number of exceptions to the rule.)
All verbs are conjugated based on person and tempus. The main problem here however is that there the structure of Spanish spelling generally means a five letter word will have two or three vowels. Here I hit all the vowels with the first guess and the combination is such that many many consonant combinations will fit. I should probably guess three consonant combinations rather than trying to fill in the two consonants considering that, but it will still be rather annoying. You cannot start guessing four-consonant words to cover the consonants like you can do in English many times.
 
  • #107
fresh_42 said:
Or "y" (fish - fishy, mess - messy) and "ly" (adjective > adverb) to change the grammatical context.
You're right, I hadn't thought of changing a noun to an adjectve or an adjective to an adverb, I was thinking only of declension and conjugation.
 
  • #108
DrGreg said:
You're right, I hadn't thought of changing a noun to an adjectve or an adjective to an adverb, I was thinking only of declension and conjugation.
Russian has eight or nine cases, Latin had six IIRC, Hungary concatenate words, some languages (forgotten which) conjugate by prefixes, etc. There are really many different versions of declination and conjugation. German has four declination cases which are mainly built by endings, plus three genders, also determined by the ending, and the tempi are more or less built as in English with two major cases of past perfect (weakly, resp. strongly declined). It is a mess when you look at it. No wonder English which lacks all of these became lingua franca.

However, I suppose that the Spanish Wordle uses only undeclined and unconjugated forms similar to its English version which (normally?!?) does not use the plural "s" or even the genitive "s".
 
  • #109
Wordle 407 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #110
Wordle 407 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #112
Struggled with this one

Wordle 407 X/6

🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
 
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  • #113
BWV said:
Struggled with this one

Wordle 407 X/6

🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
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Does the game allow you to use the same word twice or you actually had to come up with six distinct ones?
 
  • #114
Orodruin said:
Does the game allow you to use the same word twice or you actually had to come up with six distinct ones?
You can use the same word twice (think there is only one that could give the first row)
 
  • #115
BWV said:
You can use the same word twice (think there is only one that could give the first row)
My cheat site says there are four words.

My go to Wordle cheat site 2022-07-31 at 12.42.01 PM.png


ps.

Wordle 407 5/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

zero cheating
 
  • #117
Wordle 408 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #118
Wordle 408 4/6

⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Yes, I thought I had a 3/6 and wondered why I was not able to share 😛
I was very happy about it. I am too much of a physicist I guess.
 
  • #119
Orodruin said:
Wordle 408 4/6

⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Yes, I thought I had a 3/6 and wondered why I was not able to share 😛
I was very happy about it. I am too much of a physicist I guess.
Not enough energy for asymptotic freedom.
 
  • #120
OmCheeto said:
My cheat site says there are four words.

View attachment 305175

ps.

Wordle 407 5/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

zero cheating
Only one word without out of place letters
 
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