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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.

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sbrothy said:
I'm about to abandon mine, "ADIEU". It gives me consistently bad results of late.
I always use AROSE. It gives you information about two very common consonants and three vowels. The next guess sort of becomes second nature as you know which of those three vowels and two consonants are or are not part of the solution. Unfortunately language was never a skill that came naturally to me. I scored 720 on the math part of the SAT but 530 on the verbal. This was around 1972.
 
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Mister T said:
I always use AROSE. It gives you information about two very common consonants and three vowels. The next guess sort of becomes second nature as you know which of those three vowels and two consonants are or are not part of the solution. Unfortunately language was never a skill that came naturally to me. I scored 720 on the math part of the SAT but 530 on the verbal. This was around 1972.

I'd like to try that SAT-thingy. I guess it'd be cheating now with all the years of experience and all. In Denmark we don't really have an equivalent.
 
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sbrothy said:
I'd like to try that SAT-thingy. I guess it'd be cheating now with all the years of experience and all. In Denmark we don't really have an equivalent.
It's taken before enrolling in college, so, yes.
 
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sbrothy said:
I'd like to try that SAT-thingy.
There are sample / practice tests online, so you can go ahead and try it.
sbrothy said:
I guess it'd be cheating now with all the years of experience and all.

I understand it has changed quite a bit in the ~50 years since I took it, but back then it was kind of like an IQ test, more about thinking than regurgitating factoids. Looking at a few sample questions now (for the current test), I think life experience would help you, more than it would have in the test as I remember it.
 
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That was my thought. I've been through 2 serious IQ tests in my life. The military and 1 for employment at Maersk. I never got to hear the results but I was accepted on both occasions. I'm not so arrogant to think I'm in the middle of the bell curve though. I'm pretty sure I'm not Mensa-material. ;)
 
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This one took me a long time.
 
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Well, that wasn't very challenging.
 
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OmCheeto said:
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Well, that wasn't very challenging.
It will be challenging tonight when they use the other word! :-p
 
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fresh_42 said:
It will be challenging tonight when they use the other word! :-p
What? Yesterday (Aug 23) I had _ E _ _ O and was stumped. Today I look up the solution and they say it' was VERVE. Are there two puzzles per day?
 
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Mister T said:
What? Yesterday (Aug 23) I had _ E _ _ O and was stumped. Today I look up the solution and they say it' was VERVE. Are there two puzzles per day?
No. My comment had a specific context. You cannot understand it if you strip context.
 
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Mister T said:
Yesterday (Aug 23)
maybe there's your problem, there? :cool:
 
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