Wordle Lovers - Play the NYT Daily Game

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The discussion centers around the enjoyment of the daily Wordle game from the New York Times, with participants sharing their results and strategies. Many players express their competitive nature, often playing against friends or family, and discuss their preferred starting words. There are mentions of variations of Wordle in different languages and formats, highlighting the game's widespread appeal. Some users share their experiences with similar games, like Mastermind, and discuss the challenges posed by obscure words. Overall, the thread fosters a community of Wordle enthusiasts who appreciate the game's complexity and fun.
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Wordle 712 6/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Thought I was going to fail, but just scraped through.
 
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DrGreg said:
Wordle 712 6/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Thought I was going to fail, but just scraped through.
So did I, and my hole was even deeper.
 
  • #2,003
Wordle 712 5/6

β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This is the worst set of stats I recall seeing. 40 times more people failed to solve this game than usual.
 
  • #2,004
fresh_42 said:
So did I, and my hole was even deeper.
Still, you managed to tunnel through.
 
  • #2,005
Wordle 712 5/6

⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧
⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
 
  • #2,006
Wordle 712 6/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›
β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©
β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
whew!
 
  • #2,007
Wordle 712 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
That was a little close.
 
  • #2,008
scottdave said:
Wordle 712 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
That was a little close.
This was definitely not what it said to be!
OmCheeto said:
Wordle 712 5/6

β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This is the worst set of stats I recall seeing. 40 times more people failed to solve this game than usual.
 
  • #2,009
fluidistic said:
.... It was all fun until she got a word in 1 shot ("fumer" -- to smoke, in French). I got twice words in 2 shots but I never reach her record. We don't play anymore.
Getting in 1 guess is just lucky. You could imprive your odds by keeping track of prior winning words and never start with one of those.
 
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scottdave said:
Getting in 1 guess is just lucky. You could imprive your odds by keeping track of prior winning words and never start with one of those.
As far as I recall they picked the same word like 1 month later or so. So, I wouldn't count on it. But that's good, this means they probably draw uniformly randomly from their small list of possible words, without removing the words.
 
  • #2,011
Wordle 713 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,012
Wordle 713 3/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 a good start
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

And with that, I have achieved a century:
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⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›
πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,014
Wordle 713 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

After the first two tries, 4 candidates were left 3 of which had been used before. I like the simplicity of this pattern.
 
  • #2,015
Wordle 713 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

kuruman said:
Wordle 713 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
After the first two tries, 4 candidates were left 3 of which had been used before.

How do you know this?
 
  • #2,016
gmax137 said:
Wordle 713 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
How do you know this?
Bookkeeping. There is a list of about 2300 words from which NYT chooses candidates and another list of words that have already appeared. Both lists are available on the web. The rumor is that when the NYT list runs out, that's the end of WORDLE.

To be honest, the bot's assessment for me today was that there were 6 possibilities after my first two trials, not 4 as I thought. Considering that there are about 13,000 words with 5 letters, the bot is probably using a more comprehensive list for its guesses than the NYT candidate list and that's where the extra two words came from.
 
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  • #2,017
Wordle 714 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,018
Wordle 714 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,019
Wordle 714 4/6

β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©
β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,021
Wordle 714 3/6

⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
 
  • #2,022
Wordle 714 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My current stats: (0, 2, 25, 53, 35, 16, 3),
"Current Streak = 1" <-- I don't understand why. :frown: Current streak should be 3, now.
 
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scottdave said:
Wordle 714 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My current stats: (0, 2, 25, 53, 35, 16, 3),
"Current Streak = 1" <-- I don't understand why. :frown: Current streak should be 3, now.
Did you skip a day or more? If so, the streak starts afresh every time there is a gap because it is based on contiguous successful attempts. To me, the Win % is a more important figure than the streak. I will be going on vacation soon and the streak will be re-initialized.
 
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Wordle 714 4/6

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πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›
β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,025
Wordle 715 5/6

🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The Hamming distance of English is not existent!
 
  • #2,026
Wordle 715 6/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,027
Wordle 715 2/6

β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

tainted
 
  • #2,028
Wordle 715 3/6

🟦⬜🟧🟦🟦
⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
 
  • #2,029
Wordle 715 5/6

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πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›
πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

fresh_42 said:
The Hamming distance of English is not existent!
Indeed.
 
  • #2,030
Wordle 716 3/6

⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨
🟨🟩🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,031
Wordle 716 3/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,032
Wordle 716 4/6

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β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,033
Wordle 716 3/6

β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›
πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,034
Wordle 716 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦
⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜
⬜🟦🟧🟦⬜
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
 
  • #2,035
Wordle 717 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,036
Wordle 717 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 a good start
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ tactical move to eliminate several options...
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ...which worked
 
  • #2,037
Wordle 716 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I would never have gotten this word without my list.
 
  • #2,038
Wordle 717 3/6

β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›
πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,040
Wordle 717 4/6

🟧⬜⬜🟦⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦
🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
 
  • #2,041
Wordle 717 3/6

πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›
πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,042
Wordle 718 6/6

⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,043
Wordle 718 4/6

🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 very lucky
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,044
Wordle 718 4/6

πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,046
Wordle 718 X/6

β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨
πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›
πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©

picked the wrong one
 
  • #2,047
Wordle 718 4/6

⬜⬜🟦🟦🟦
⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧
⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
 
  • #2,048
gmax137 said:
Wordle 718 X/6

β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨
πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›
πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©

picked the wrong one
Yes, me, too. I was surprised about the many others who apparently have chosen the right one for the first time. I didn't want to type that word even when I did.
 
  • #2,049
Wordle 719 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #2,050
Wordle 719 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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