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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.

  • #7,231
My usual fishing expedition :cool:

Wordle 1,485 5/6

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  • #7,232
Wordle 1,485 3/6

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Wordle 1,486 4/6

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  • #7,234
No cheating obviously. Some pretty stupid guesses though.

Wordle 1.486 6/6*

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  • #7,235
Wordle 1,486 4/6

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Wordle 1,487 4/6

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  • #7,237
No cheating.

Wordle 1.487 4/6*

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  • #7,238
?:)

Wordle 1,487 6/6

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Wordle 1,488 4/6

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Todays word is one not on the original list. I consider it an oddball, as I don't even know how to use it in a sentence. I guess that's somewhat reflected in todays global mean: 4.591
 
  • #7,240
Close this one....

Wordle 1.488 6/6*

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  • #7,241
OmCheeto said:
Wordle 1,488 4/6

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Todays word is one not on the original list. I consider it an oddball, as I don't even know how to use it in a sentence. I guess that's somewhat reflected in todays global mean: 4.591

Me thinks you're exaggerating:

Competing with you guys makes feel me nervy and on edge!

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  • #7,242
Thanks Omcheeto , Along with eliminating letters I looked for an oddball word.

Wordle 1,488 3/6

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  • #7,243
Didn't know this word existed (like I just realised this thread existed), but oh well, I got it in the end:

Wordle 1,488 5/6

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  • #7,244
Wordle 1,489 4/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ AROSE 16 left
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 TONAL 2 left, Orodruin method
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 VOCAL 1 left, Coin flip
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  • #7,245
No cheating, but I think I nailed it:

Wordle 1.489 3/6*

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On a new phone. Haven’t figured out how to take screenshots yet… I’ll post it later….

EDIT: It's later now and I'm home:

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EDIT2: Isn't it kind of demoralizing that a foreigner sometimes beat you? :woot:
EDIT3: Without using any tools or help at all?! Not even a coin flip! :cool:
 
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  • #7,246
I had to save the honor of the tool guys:

Wordle 1,489 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ [ARISE] 54 left
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ [CLINT] filter - 5 left: BYLAW DALLY GAYLY LOAMY MODAL
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  • #7,247
HOW?! Here's mine...

Wordle 1,489 5/6

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  • #7,248
TensorCalculus said:
HOW?! Here's mine...

Wordle 1,489 5/6

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At least you got it! :) The thread is so long no one can blame you for not realizing how much potential for cheating there is. I think we're all a little guilty, but it usually turns out that cheating is more hassle than it's worth. My approach is heuristic (read: guessing), when I'm not vainly trying to cheat with the several thousand lines of C++ I wrote for this singular purpose!

We're a "sad" bunch of nerds but we're having fun (YMMV)! :woot:
 
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sbrothy said:
At least you got it! :) The thread is so long no one can blame you for not realizing how much potential for cheating there is. I think we're all a little guilty, but it usually turns out that cheating is more hassle than it's worth. My approach is heuristic (read: guessing), when I'm not vainly trying to cheat with the several thousand lines of C++ I wrote for this singular purpose!

We're a "sad" bunch of nerds but we're having fun (YMMV)! :woot:
Oh my god: several thousand lines of C++ to cheat on wordle?! I have to admit, I have quite a lot of respect for that, it's really cool! I swear you can just right click inspect and do a bit of digging to find an entire list of all the wordle words forever hardcoded into the site though? Or did they get rid of that? A friends of mine tried it a while ago, but cheating ruins the fun!!! (Until, you get to the point where you are writing thousands of lines of c++, at which point, trying to figure out how to cheat is the fun)

Don't worry - I have been called a "sad" nerd while having fun enough times to not have that opinion XD
 
  • #7,250
fresh_42 said:
This thread is for all who like the daily Wordle game of the New York Times as much as I do.

The rules:

1) https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html
2) Post your result.
3) Do not spoil the answer.
Used a pretty nifty system to get the answer (if requested I will make a thread on it, pro tip start off with "ADIEU" as it covers 1 consonant and 4 vowels)

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  • #7,251
I tend to use crane, pilot, mushy but I do mix it up sometimes just because the same thing every day gets a bit boring :)
 
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Wordle 1,489 4/6

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  • #7,253
TensorCalculus said:
I tend to use crane, pilot, mushy but I do mix it up sometimes just because the same thing every day gets a bit boring :)
I hear ya. I don’t participate everyday. (Especially not on the days where I fail completely :smile: )
 
  • #7,254
sbrothy said:
EDIT2: Isn't it kind of demoralizing that a foreigner sometimes beat you? :woot:
EDIT3: Without using any tools or help at all?! Not even a coin flip! :cool:
But coin flipping is exactly how you beat us! I found it fascinating that it happens so often. Didn't I post a while back how often? I believe is was about 20% of the time.
 
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OmCheeto said:
But coin flipping is exactly how you beat us! I found it fascinating that it happens so often. Didn't I post a while back how often? I believe is was about 20% of the time.

Yeah well, I was of course joking. OTOH sometimes I make some completely scatterbrained guesses only a non-native speaker would make, so I think it more or less averages out in the end. :smile:

EDIT: And my written English may look pretty but if you heard my Danglish, acccentuating the wrong syllables of common words, you'd probably cringe.

EDIT2: Hah. I like this one:

"Can I borrow the toilet?" ("May I use the toilet?")
 
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Beyond3D said:
Used a pretty nifty system to get the answer (if requested I will make a thread on it, pro tip start off with "ADIEU" as it covers 1 consonant and 4 vowels)
You may be interested in this post.

sbrothy said:
I hear ya. I don’t participate everyday. (Especially not on the days where I fail completely :smile: )
Not showing your work when you are failing? Wouldn't that fall under the "cheating" category? :wink:
 
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  • #7,257
Well, ouch, yeah. Then again you never know when I'm being sarcastic. :wink:
 
  • #7,258
Made a stupid in guess #2, but I'm still pretty satisfied with the result:

Wordle 1.490 4/6*

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EDIT: Although I admit I had to look up LORIS after I successfully guessed it. It couldn't be much else though. Not with my "limited" vocabulary.
 
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Wordle 1,490 4/6

⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ PARSE 3 left + 6 previous = 9 total. Wordlebot says there are 13.
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 TORUS 0 left + 0 previous = 0 total. Wordlebot says there is 1.
The long list has 38 to choose from.
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 WORKS 0 left. 35 left on the long list. I start sweating....
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Phew!

sbrothy said:
EDIT: Although I admit I had to look up LORIS after I successfully guessed it. It couldn't be much else though. Not with my "limited" vocabulary.
I had to look it up also. Mainly I think because I mixed it up with Dr. Seuss's Lorax.
If you were to put 'slow' in front of it, I would have recognized it. Odd how my brain works sometimes.

ps. Not sure if anyone else noticed, but Wordlebot switched back to using SLATE as its seed word yesterday. It had been using CRANE for quite some time.
 
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sbrothy said:
I hear ya. I don’t participate everyday. (Especially not on the days where I fail completely :smile: )
You should try everyday!! For fun :)
Here's mine, using my usual starting words:
Wordle 1,490 5/6

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