Wordle Lovers - Play the NYT Daily Game

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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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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 613 5/6

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Looks like a lot of casualties in todays game.
Worst I've seen it since I started monitoring this closely (game 564).
I seriously doubt I'd have succeeded today without my spreadsheet.

Wordle 613.2023-02-22 at 00.45.51.png
 
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1, 0
2, 22
3, 107
4, 177
5, 74
6, 20
7, 0

N, 400
σ, 0.931
μ, 3.908

note: Wordlebot says I got two games in one guess, but I removed them as one was illegitimate and the other was based on analysis of PF players patterns, which is also a bit illegitimate, but a lot of fun none the less.
 
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Wordle 613 5/6

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Nasty indeed.
OmCheeto said:
seriously doubt I'd have succeeded today without my spreadsheet.
Ditto.
 
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1677081746943.png

##
\begin{align*}
N&=1090\\
\mu&=3.963\\
\sigma &=0.996
\end{align*}
##
Ignoring the fails only changes the numbers at the second decimal place.
 
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Yes, this one just kind of made me mad...

Wordle 613 6/6

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EDIT for @fresh_42 : 0, 2, 4, 9, 9, 2
 
  • #1,238
gmax137 said:
Yes, this one just kind of made me mad...

Wordle 613 6/6

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EDIT for @fresh_42 : 0, 2, 4, 9, 9, 2
Fails?

Assuming zero fails:

##
\begin{align*}
N&=1116\\
\mu&=3.969\\
\sigma &=0.997
\end{align*}
##
 
  • #1,239
And here is the polynomial:

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  • #1,240
fresh_42 said:
Assuming zero fails
Yeah, (sorry!) zero fails to date 🤞🤞🤞
 
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kuruman said:
How many adjustable parameters?
##f(x)=-2428+6149.667\,x-5847.181\,x^2+2676.687\,x^3-615.868\,x^4+68.646\,x^5-2.951\,x^6##
 
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scottdave said:
What do you put in your spreadsheet @OmCheeto ?
Everything but the kitchen sink.

1. Random number generator that I use to pick one of ten seed words
2. Ranking seed number scores next to each word
3. List of legitimate answers
4. Column of played/not played solution numbers, 0 = not yet
5. Multiple columns used to filter out eliminated words

That was tab #1

Tab number 2:
Place for pasting all remaining viable answers
Used to predict the most probable solution word by summing of each letter in each column
Seldom works, but gets rid of a lot of the flotsam

Tab # 3:
Daily collection of 'bell curvy' analysis of games according to Wordlebot and me, starting with game # 564.

Tab #4
Almost never used list of legit and illegitimate solution words
Was invaluable yesterday/today to give me a word with 4 of the 5 letters I needed to find the solution:

VAMPS


Tab #5
One time analysis I finished just a couple of days ago because I was curious how many anagrams there were in the Wordle pool of solution words
short answer: there are 378 words on the list
My deeper question was how many anagrams generated 5x yellow sets:

OmCheeto said:
Wordle 602 3/6

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Another anagram! Has anyone determined how many there are in the game? If memory serves me right we've had one or two in the past.
The answer to that is 28.
fun example: canoe & ocean
There are also 6 sets of 4 words that are anagrams.
One example: crate, trace, cater, react

Tab #6
Hyper-analysis of game #573
48 hours of following a game from start to finish
Strange Things I discovered:
1. The flavor of the game is determined by the first thousand players in the first 3 hours
2. The NYT stops counting players at ≈666,000

Wordle 573 player count by hour. 2023-02-22 at 13.04.57.png


3. Days last 48 hours, and not the 24 hours they taught us in grade school
4. I can be awake every hour on the hour for 48 hours to type in numbers, almost.

WB 573. 2023-02-22 at 13.42.03.png
 
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fresh_42 said:
##f(x)=-2428+6149.667\,x-5847.181\,x^2+2676.687\,x^3-615.868\,x^4+68.646\,x^5-2.951\,x^6##
Sure, but I don't understand in what sense this polynomial is useful. One can always fit 7 data points to any model with 7 adjustable parameters. All one has to do is solve a system of 7 equations and 7 unknowns.
 
  • #1,245
kuruman said:
Sure, but I don't understand in what sense this polynomial is useful. One can always fit 7 data points to any model with 7 adjustable parameters. All one has to do is solve a system of 7 equations and 7 unknowns.
This thread is mainly fun. And I found it funny how that curve looks like. And it tells a lot about the distribution, too.

Wordle 614 5/6

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Wordle 614 4/6

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Wordle 614 4/6

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Wordle 614 6/6

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Wordle 614 3/6

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Wordle 614 4/6

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Wordle 615 4/6

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Wordle 615 6/6

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Wordle 615 4/6

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Wordle 615 X/6

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That sucked!
 
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Wordle 615 4/6

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scottdave said:
Wordle 615 X/6

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That sucked!
Indeed. Look at my pattern!
 
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Wordle 615 4/6

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Wordle 616 3/6

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Wordle 616 4/6

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Wordle 616 4/6

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OK, so I started to make my own spreadsheet. I'm sure it helped.
 

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