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[Herman Trivilino]

Wordle 847 4/6*

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 848 2/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 848 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 848 3/6

 

[sbrothy]

I'm not really bring my A-game to say the least:

Wordle 848 6/6*

 

[fresh_42]

I'm not really bring my A-game to say the least:

Wordle 848 6/6*

It depends a lot on your first guess. I have currently 3-4 seed words that haven't been used so far. I either choose to check a lot of vowels or I try to use an 'h'. The 'h' covers all words with 'th', 'wh', 'gh', 'ch', 'sh', or 'ph'. This can rule out a lot of possibilities or provide a hint. I also try to alternate sounds. If 'chime' has been on one day, then I will not test 'slime' on the next day.

 

[gmax137]

Wordle 848 5/6

I also try to alternate sounds. If 'chime' has been on one day, then I will not test 'slime' on the next day.

I follow this rule, too. Though it doesn't make sense to do so if the words are random, right?

or I try to use an 'h'. The 'h' covers all words with 'th', 'wh', 'gh', 'ch', 'sh', or 'ph'. This can rule out a lot of possibilities or provide a hint.

This is a good idea.

 

[Herman Trivilino]

Wordle 848 5/6*







I've had bad luck for the last week or so. Just before that I had several days in a row with a score of 2 or 3. I always use the same starter word.

 

[fresh_42]

I follow this rule, too. Though it doesn't make sense to do so if the words are random, right?

Probably not. But the chance that the same sound happens twice in a row is small. However, I'm not really good at estimating probabilities, and it is a psychological thing, too.

We have a song about gambling. Not the Kenny Rogers style, but more about the addiction part of gambling. It is about someone being obsessed with 17 and basically ruining his life betting on it. Well, we once went to a casino with a group of students and someone constantly set money on 17. You bet that 17 came the moment after he disappointedly left the table!

 

[gmax137]

Did you hear the story about the boy on his 11th birthday? His birthday was November 11, and his father took him to the racetrack as a present. They watched the horses running all morning, waiting for the 11th race. When it finally came, the boy bet $11 on horse number 11.

His horse came in 11th

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 849 2/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 849 4/6

Wordle 849 2/6

I'm curious if you've set a world record over the last 11 days. And today makes 3 deuces in a row.

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 849 4/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 849 4/6




I'm curious if you've set a world record over the last 11 days. And today makes 3 deuces in a row.

I was lucky with my first words. E.g. I guessed 'tweak' when the solution was 'leaky'. To rearrange 'eak' such that it becomes still a valid word didn't leave me with many possibilities and testing 'y' at the end sounded like a good idea. But that doesn't affect my average numbers in almost 500 rounds. My mean went down to 4.16 from 4.2 and my standard deviation went up from 1.0... to 1.1...

There is a far more significant difference in my tries compared to those of native speakers. The words have less meaning to me so I could as well guess colors instead of letters. (Of course not, but it demonstrates the mechanism.) So whether a word is more common or not is irrelevant to me. That's why I was really bad at 'uncle' for example, although I am one! It would be interesting to know whether there are statistical tests that could reveal a difference between native and non-native speakers.

 

[gmax137]

Wordle 849 2/6

I was lucky with my first word

me too, at least today. Plus, the answer is kind of STEMy.

 

[fresh_42]

Back to normal ...

Wordle 850 4/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 850 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 850 3/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 851 3/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 851 4/6

 

[sbrothy]

Wordle 851 5/6*

 

[sbrothy]

Wordle 848 5/6*







I've had bad luck for the last week or so. Just before that I had several days in a row with a score of 2 or 3. I always use the same starter word.

I'm about to abandon mine, "ADIEU". It gives me consistently bad results of late.

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 851 3/6

 

[fresh_42]

I'm about to abandon mine, "ADIEU". It gives me consistently bad results of late.

I use PIOUS if I want to cover a lot of vowels.

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 852 4/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 852 4/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 852 2/6

 

[Herman Trivilino]

Wordle 852 3/6*

 

[gmax137]

Wordle 852 4/6






I made some stupid choices in words 2 and 3, putting the same (wrong) letter in spot 3. I guess I wasn't really awake yet.

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 853 4/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 853 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 853 3/6

 

[sbrothy]

Wordle 853 5/6*

 

[gmax137]

Wordle 853 4/6

 

[Herman Trivilino]

Wordle 853 3/6*

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 854 4/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 854 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 854 3/6

 

[Herman Trivilino]

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.

 

[Herman Trivilino]

Wordle 854 4/6*

 

[sbrothy]

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.

 

[Herman Trivilino]

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.

 

[gmax137]

I'd like to try that SAT-thingy.

There are sample / practice tests online, so you can go ahead and try it.

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.

 

[sbrothy]

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. ;)

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 855 5/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 855 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 855 4/6

 

[Herman Trivilino]

Wordle 855 3/6*

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 856 5/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 856 3/6