Wordle Lovers - Play the NYT Daily Game

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Discussion Overview

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.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Conceptual clarification
  • Meta-discussion

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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fresh_42 said:
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Early fails are so much better than early hits.
Maybe.

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fresh_42 said:
This thread is for all who like the daily Wordle game of the New York Times as much as I do.

The rules:

1) https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html
2) Post your result.
3) Do not spoil the answer.
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sbrothy said:
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Sometimrd I think I'm on a roll and being autistically word-salat smart, coming from another laguage an all. Then I'm stopped in my tracks by some obscure word (and annoyed when it doe'snt acknowledge "orbit" as word - I mean what dictionary is it using?Then I set my date&time to manual to be able to use old puzzles, only to forget to reset it and all my apps go bananas because it's suddenlt julit 34th 1967!

EDIT: speaking of which: yes im still stuck back here in time (threadwise i mean). :)
 
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Lucky punch!

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fresh_42 said:
Lucky punch!

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According to Wordlebot, 11% of the players today got it in two guesses.

48% got it in 3.
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I hate to ask but you set it to "hard mode", right?
 
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sbrothy said:
I hate to ask but you set it to "hard mode", right?
I didn't change any settings.
 
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I found this one to be very hard. Until I had the answer, then it seemed easy.
 
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[...] very hard. Until I had the answer, then it seemed easy.

So it's not only me then... :)
 
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