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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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  • 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.

  • #5,941
Wordle 1,271 5/6

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  • #5,942
Wordle 1 272 3/6

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  • #5,943
Wordle 1,272 3/6

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  • #5,944
Wordle 1,272 4/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ [ARISE] 26 left
⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ [CLINT] filter - 3 left: DYING OWING VYING
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 [DYING] filter - most-probable - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [VYING]

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 39/22 - 63.9%/36.1%
 
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  • #5,945
Wordle 1,272 6/6

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jeez...
jack action said:

[CLINT] filter - 3 left: DYING OWING VYING
That's a good filter, eliminating the "L" culls out a lot of words
 
  • #5,946
Bah Humbug ?:)

Wordle 1,272 6/6

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  • #5,947
Wordle 1 273 5/6

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Rough one … had my heart racing…
 
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  • #5,948
Wordle 1,273 5/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 [ARISE] 100 left
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ [YOUTH] filter - 17 left
⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ [VOWEL] filter - 7 left: GONER POKER JOKER BOXER CORER RODEO ROGER
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 [GECKO] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [BOXER]

I forget to set my flag for eliminating the past solutions. :mad: Otherwise, I would have probably got it in 4 with:

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 [ARISE] 36 left
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ [DUROY] filter - 9 left
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 [VAWTE] filter - 3 left: BOXER OFFER ROGER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [BOXER] filter - most probable between BOXER and ROGER (Maybe I was influenced by already knowing the answer, but I don't think so.)
 
  • #5,949
Wordle 1,273 4/6

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  • #5,950
Doh! Forgot a day.

Wordle 1,272 2/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 SAVOY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VYING

My seed for game 1,272 looked a bit out there and I almost chose another one, but it ended up leaving me with only 1 solution. What luck!
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My seed for game 1,273 was also quite lucky as it left me with only 10 possible solutions, so I did a bit better than the global mean of 5.172:

Wordle 1,273 4/6

⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 SONAR:10
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 MOWER: 4
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ BRACH: 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOXER

A real rough one, as 12% of global players failed to solve the puzzle.
 
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  • #5,951
Wordle 1,273

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  • #5,952
Wordle 1,273 X/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 SOLAR
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 COLOR a stupid choice, with L in the third spot...
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 TONER
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 POWER
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ GOYIM
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 JOKER

ugh. I know better than to chase the answer. After my fifth (an actual filter word) I saw two possibles and of course picked the wrong one. I'm considering downloading the list of previous solutions, lol.

OmCheeto said:
My seed for game 1,273 was also quite lucky as it left me with only 10 possible solutions, so I did a bit better than the global mean of 5.172
I used SONAR yesterday and changed it to SOLAR today. I don't think keeping SONAR would have helped me.
 
  • #5,953
Wordle 1 274 3/6

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Back to normality …
 
  • #5,954
Wordle 1,274 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ [ROAST] 22 left
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ [DUNCE] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [DROOL]
 
  • #5,955
Wordle 1,274 3/6

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gmax137 said:
ugh. I know better than to chase the answer. After my fifth (an actual filter word) I saw two possibles and of course picked the wrong one. I'm considering downloading the list of previous solutions, lol.
Your chase was doomed from the beginning. Check out the letter in position 2 in all 6 tries.
 
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  • #5,957
Wordle 1,274 4/6

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Back on puzzle 1273:
kuruman said:
Your chase was doomed from the beginning. Check out the letter in position 2 in all 6 tries.
? at least it was correct
 
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Wordle 1,274 3/6

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  • #5,959
gmax137 said:
Back on puzzle 1273:

? at least it was correct
I profusely apologize. My aging eyesight deceived me. I missed the first column and thought that the third column is the second. Sorry for the confusion I may have caused, I should have looked closer and known better.
 
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Wordle 1,274 4/6

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  • #5,961
Wordle 1 275 3/6

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Kaching! Streak just hit 600 🙂
28 to go to 1000 played
 
  • #5,962
Wordle 1,275 3/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ [SANER] 14 left
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 [JUICY] filter - 2 left: BUNNY FUNKY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [FUNKY] most probable

I noticed that lately, there have been many words with letters that rarely occur (like F and K). BUNNY was also a good candidate with the double Ns, but the word choice seems to have shifted from positive, cute words to more challenging ones.

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 40/22 - 64.5%/35.5%
 
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Wordle 1,275 3/6

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Wordle 1,275 4/6

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  • #5,965
Wordle 1,275 4/6

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Wordle 1,275 4/6

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  • #5,967
Wordle 1 276 3/6

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  • #5,968
Be on the lookout for
wonky
 
  • #5,969
Wordle 1,276 3/6

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  • #5,970
Wordle 1,276 3/6

⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 [LEAST] 3 left: BOAST ROAST TOAST
🟨🟨🟨⬛🟩 [ABORT] filter - 1 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [BOAST]

I did not use the most-probable method as TOAST and ROAST seemed very tempting. (Especially that ROAST is an excellent seed word I used just 2 days ago.) But I was still tormented by the fact that every answer lately has a rarely occurring letter, like B.

My choices in the future will lean more and more toward words with rarely occurring letters.
 

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