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An auspicious start with a mediocre finish.
An auspicious start with a mediocre finish.
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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'.
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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.
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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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It is often easier to have fails. Correct guesses tend to become fixed points and that narrows the guesses that are left dramatically but not necessarily the set of possible solutions. Imagine you had "ea" at positions 2 and 3. Good luck to find a solution with only 5 guesses left.kuruman said:Wordle 733 4/6
An auspicious start with a mediocre finish.
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OK- That was perhaps one of the most frustrating ones I've come across thus far....
Fits nicely with my day which has been so bad it has had me wanting to bludgeon a small mammal with beady eyes to death with a blunt instrument. :P
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As often when I write something, afterwards I look up the words I used to make sure I didn't eff up. This definition took me a little by surprise:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blunt:blunt
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: a cigar that has been hollowed out and filled with marijuana---
I guess you native speakers aren't surprised.
OK- That was perhaps one of the most frustrating ones I've come across thus far....
Fits nicely with my day which has been so bad it has had me wanting to bludgeon a small mammal with beady eyes to death with a blunt instrument. :P
EDIT:
As often when I write something, afterwards I look up the words I used to make sure I didn't eff up. This definition took me a little by surprise:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blunt:blunt
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noun
: a cigar that has been hollowed out and filled with marijuana---
I guess you native speakers aren't surprised.
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It's not a matter of luck, but a matter of choice. I imagined what you suggested and I found that the are 42 words out of 2300 that look like -EA---. Of course the blanks must be letters which eliminate quite a few candidates. I considered DEALT which has frequently occurring letters and eliminates all but 11 candidates. Then I said to myself, "Nah, let me consider PEACH which eliminates all but 24 candidates."fresh_42 said:
The key choice is the second word. I looked at the frequency distribution of the letters in the 24 possibilities and came up with SALTY. It was a good choice as it produced all answers in a total of 3 or 4 attempts. The details are shown below.
Solutions in 3
Solutions in 3 or 4. Here the third choice is important. After SALTY there are three possibilities such that choosing one of the three either gets the answer in 3 or in 4. For example in the first box the choice of BEADY has 1/3 probability of getting it in 3 and probability 1 of getting it in 4. That's because -EAD- is in READY but not in WEARY.
The average score is 3.63. I might be tempted to investigate this in hard mode and see what the average would be.
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I'm not having good luck when I need just one more letter
I'm not having good luck when I need just one more letter
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Feels familiar.gmax137 said:Wordle 734 5/6
I'm not having good luck when I need just one more letter
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Not my finest week.
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I am stuck at ##(\mu,\sigma )=(4.25,1.1)## whatever I do. At least on that website that favors the tails.
I am stuck at ##(\mu,\sigma )=(4.25,1.1)## whatever I do. At least on that website that favors the tails.
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Definitely too hot here.
Definitely too hot here.
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this could have gone badly, there were at least four choices after my second word.
this could have gone badly, there were at least four choices after my second word.
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