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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.

Discussion Character

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  • 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.

  • #1,351
Wordle 629 2/6

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Yes, I did utilize the aforementioned
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pattern which yielded a reduced set of only 177 words to choose from. The reduced set also limited my choices for my second guess from 3 to 1. I also used a seed word determined by this short list rather than one of my standard set.

Had I played my random seed today with no hints I would have gotten it in 3.
 
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  • #1,352
Wordle 629 3/6*

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Weeee! :P
 
  • #1,353
sbrothy said:
Wordle 629 3/6*

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Weeee! :P
Started with VEZIR just to be contrary. :)
 
  • #1,354
fresh_42 said:
I like to check "h" and "y" at an early stage. A lack of "h" automatically rules out "ch","sh","gh","th","wh" and a "y" at the end is also useful. Hard words are those with double occurrences and those where changing one letter allows many solutions.

I too find the double letter ones, especially vowels, particularly difficult.
 
  • #1,355
kuruman said:
Not all ##N## words are equally likely. My understanding is that words are not reused. When ##N## puzzles have been published, it's bye-bye Wordle. If you have kept track of the used words since day ##1##, on day ##N## the probability that you will get it right with one try will be ##1##. I have not kept track of the used words, but I loaded the two lists on Excel and wrote VBA code to do the searches and the bookkeeping.

They'll probably introduce Wordle+ (2.0) with 6 letters.

Separering the wheat from the chaff. :)
 
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Wordle 629 4/6

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  • #1,357
sbrothy said:
I too find the double letter ones, especially vowels, particularly difficult.

2 Es are quite common though. Almost always worth a try.
 
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  • #1,358
Wordle 630 3/6

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Wordle 630 4/6

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  • #1,361
Wordle 630 3/6

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  • #1,362
Wordle 630 5/6*

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Yeh, I think I'm gonna abandon hardmode too. It's sometimes more annoying than challenging.
 
  • #1,363
Wordle 630 3/6

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  • #1,365
Wordle 631 4/6

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Wordle 631 4/6

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Wordle 631 3/6

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Lucky 2nd guess.
 
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Wordle 631 3/6

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  • #1,369
Wordle 631 4/6

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Wordle 631 3/6

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Wordle 632 4/6

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Wordle 632 4/6

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Wordle 632 3/6

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A lot of luck today. I had 8 choices after my second guess.
 
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Wordle 632 3/6*

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  • #1,378
scottdave said:
Octordle is kind-of fun. Try the "Daily Rescue", where they start you off with some not-so-helpful hints.

https://octordle.com/daily-rescue

Gonna take me a little time to work the premise out. The help is not much.... well help. :)
 
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Wordle 632 4/6

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Wordle 633 4/6

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