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The discussion centers around the enjoyment of the daily Wordle game from the New York Times, with participants sharing their results and strategies. Many players express their competitive nature, often playing against friends or family, and discuss their preferred starting words. There are mentions of variations of Wordle in different languages and formats, highlighting the game's widespread appeal. Some users share their experiences with similar games, like Mastermind, and discuss the challenges posed by obscure words. Overall, the thread fosters a community of Wordle enthusiasts who appreciate the game's complexity and fun.
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dwarde said:
Dancing all around it.

Wordle 1,524 5/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨
🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Like a golden shower of nonsense.
 
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Wordle 1,525 3/6

β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› OARED 12 left
β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© GRIPY 2 left
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Yeah, this one was easier. Was lucky with the start word too.

Wordle 1.525 3/6*

β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Guess #3 was a little lucky, but us kids use this word all the time :-)

Wordle 1,525 3/6*

🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜AUREI
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨GRANT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩RATTY
 
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Holy cow, I was just trying to place the letters in the word.

Wordle 1,525 2/6

🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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I am happy to report that I finally completed the task I undertook in February and announced in post #6,496.
Here is a summary of what I did, what I observed and what I concluded.

What I did
  • Devise an initial filter of the same 4 five-letter words and use it to separate the list of 12792 five-letter words into subgroups.
  • Assume that all words have equal probability of being the target, i.e. ignore "previously used" words.
  • After this initial separation, use additional filters to reduce a subgroup into sub-subgroups until reduction to a subngroup of 1 word.
  • Assign a score equal to the total number of filter words used to determine the target with 100% certainty. An exception to this was the 50-50 subgroup: If, after N filters there were only 2 words in a subgroup in which case there is an equal probability for a score of N+1 or N+2, I assigned an in-between score of (N+1).5.
  • I used CARED BEWIG LUMPY KNOTS, in that order, for the initial filter. It was applied sequentially to the entire list. The only exceptions were the filter words themselves. To BEWIG LUMPY KNOTS, I assigned respective scores of 2, 3 and 4 without further ado. In the case of CARED, I considered the 12 members of subgroup _ ARED and found paths to all the members with CARED as the initial guess. The scores varied from 3 to 5.5 except the starting CARED to which I assigned the one and only score of 1 in the entire list.
What I found out
The bottom line is that, using the 4-word filter presented above, it is possible that paths to all 12792 words can be found with no more than 7 filter words. However, the probability for that to happen is 50-50. That's because there one subgroup which is highly degenerate and well-populated. It is the _ E _ TS subgroup,
FESTS FETTS HEFTS HESTS JESTS SETTS SEXTS TESTS TEXTS VESTS ZESTS
Using FISHY as filter 5, separates subgroups as follows
one-word {FESTS} {FETTS} {HEFTS} {HESTS}
three-word {SETTS SEXTS TEXTS}
four-word {JESTS TESTS VESTS ZESTS}
The one-word subgroups are solved with one additional identity filter 6 for a score of 6.
The three-word subgroup is solved with filter 6 TEXTS for a score of 6 or 7.
There is no 5-letter word that can be used to solve the four-word subgroup for a score of 7. The best that one do is to use a word that contains V and Z, e.g. VIZIR, for filter 6 to get VESTS or ZESTS for a score of 7. This leaves the two-word subgroup, {JESTS TESTS} and one guess left. The solution with one additional guess is possible if one is lucky but not guaranteed. Thus, the two words are assigned a score of 7.5 each. I should note that these are the only words that do not have a guaranteed solution with no more than 7 guesses.

Summary
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The table on the right summarizes the results from this survey. It shows that the brute force use of this 4-word filter is sufficient to solve more than 70% of the 12,792 words with one additional guess, the identity filter. The scores below 5 belong exclusively to the _ARED group as explained above.

An example is the last word on the list, ZYMIC that has a score of 5. Who would have thought it? However a closer look shows that for this word
  • ABDEGKLNOPRSTUW are excluded
  • M and I appear in the correct position
  • C is in but not in position 1 and Y is in but not in position 5.
which is sufficient to produce a one-word subgroup. In fact all words that start with Z are 5 pointers.

Afterthoughts
I spent considerable time on the initial filter design to maximize hits and using letters only once. Eventually, though, I thought that it would be a good idea to use E twice in positions 2 and 5 and sacrifice H. Is there a better filter than this out there? I don't know, but at least I have provided a table that can be used as a benchmark in case someone else gets the same idea and has the time.
 
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  • #7,507
Wordle 1,526 3/6

β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› SANER 40
β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© LOGIN 1
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OK, that was really scatterbrained. Don't know what I was thinking in guess #2.

Wordle 1,526 4/6*

β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨
πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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EDIT: Also, inspired by the post above I added the official wordle word list to the sourceforge wcheat repo. Don't know why I was using the complete Collins Scrabble list. Again scatterbrained.
 
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Uhhhh
Wordle 1,526 4/6*

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ SPACE
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ RUNTY
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ MOULD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNION
 
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TensorCalculus said:
Uhhhh
Wordle 1,526 4/6*

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ SPACE
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ RUNTY
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ MOULD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNION

Courageous start word! :smile:
 
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sbrothy said:
Courageous start word! :smile:
It's one of my favourite words :)
 
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Wordle 1,526 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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OUCH!

Wordle 1,527 X/6*

β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨
β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›
β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©
β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©
πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©

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EDIT: Oops. Sorry.
 
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Wordle 1,527 4/6

πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› RENAL 91
πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› ODIST 4
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 POSER 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Drats! Had I used my seed from yesterday, I would have had a 50/50 chance of getting it in two.
 
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Same root word, drastically different results :)
Wordle 1,527 3/6*

🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 SPACE
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 SPOKE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPORE
 
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  • #7,516
I tripped all over that second letter.

Wordle 1,527 6/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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dwarde said:
I tripped all over that second letter.

Wordle 1,527 6/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Quite a bit of bad luck as there are only 7 accepted words with that pattern.
Interestingly, SMORE is only one not on my list of valid solutions. One of my lady friends is a smoreaholic.
 
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7 words and I burned through 5 of them. :smile:
 
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Wordle 1.528 5/6*

β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨
β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Wordle 1,528 3/6

πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› RELAY 77
πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› TORUS 2
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  • #7,521
WHAT.
Wordle 1,528 2/6*

⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨AUREI
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩MIRTH
 
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Wordle 1,528 4/6

🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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Wordle 1,529 3/6

πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› AIDER 4
πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› APNEA 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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Got a little lucky at the end there I think.

Wordle 1.529 4/6*

πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›
πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›
πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Wordle 1,529 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #7,526
Another I've-been-staring-at-it-for-30mins day. But I'm not losing my streak.

So I'll stare at it a bit longer.
 
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Wordle 1,530 3/6

β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ PARSE 86
β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ DICOT 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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Gah I forgot to post yesterday's wordle (I went to sleep immediately after so... that's my excuse). It was 5/6, I'll try and remember the words and post it later if I can 😭

Wordle 1,530 4/6*

β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›ATOMS
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›NOTED
πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©TOPER: I had no idea what this meant but now I've searched it up... welp... oh well.
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩TOWER
 
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Wordle 1.530 1/6*

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Screenshot_20250827-130854_Chrome.webp

I didn't cheat, not intentionally that is. I did initially solve it without logging in, and sunsequently logging in didn't help. So I just wrote the solution, which makes me look really hardcore. Truth be told though it took me 4 guesses. :woot:
 
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Bahaha getting the wordle in one... that brings back memories...

Back a couple of years ago when wordle had really blown up (and was seen everywhere) I had realised that all of the wordle solutions were hardcoded into the website's code.

So then I played this "magic trick" on my friends a couple of times where I would "magically" guess what tomorrow's wordle solution would be, and I would be right every time (and also stunned them every time). They never figured it out :woot:. I stopped after a week or so though because... well... who likes ruining the wordle for themselves (and, their friends, though they seemed to care more about the fact that they had a friend that could predict the future than the fact that they just had the wordle spoiled for them) just to play a trick on some of their friends?
 
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Wordle 1,530 3/6

🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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Wordle 1,531 2/6

πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Too easy. :oldbiggrin:
 
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  • #7,533
I'll take it!
Wordle 1,531 3/6*

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 BLOAT
🟩⬜🟨🟨🟩 STILT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPLIT
 
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Me too! Genuinely no cheating of any kind:

Wordle 1,531 3/6*

πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›
β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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OmCheeto said:
Wordle 1,531 2/6

πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Too easy. :oldbiggrin:

And I just thought I did good there. But wait a minute.... you keep track of used words or something right? Can't be bothered to go through this massive thread.
 
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Wordle 1,531 4/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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Wordle 1,532 4/6

πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› ANISE 114
β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› CLARY 5
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› DRAMA 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #7,538
Wordle 1.532 4/6*

πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©
πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©
πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Wordle 1,532 4/6

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #7,540
We seem to be in agreement on todays puzzle.
 
  • #7,541
I turned off hard mode for today.
Safe to say I'm turning it back on.
(Hate to break the pattern :D)
Wordle 1,532 6/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #7,542
Ironic loosing to a foreigner, no? Must be at least a little annoying. :woot:

(Turning the knife in the wound, as the Danish saying goes.)
 
  • #7,543
Oh well, at least it's a nerdy foreigner, that way I have an excuse :woot:
 
  • #7,544
A little lucky here.

Wordle 1.533 6/6*

πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨
β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›
πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I’m not even sure what it means. I’m guessing elevate. Perhaps in a specific way. Emotionally or spiritually. Let me see what Merriam says…

Well close enough.
β€œTo fill with joy or pride”.

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Wordle 1,533 3/6

β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› PALER 23
β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ DEALT 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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Wordle 1,533 4/6*

β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› SMACK
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ PLANT
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© BLATE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ELATE
 
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Well OK. In the future I’ll refrain from gloating. That kinda backfired. :smile:
 
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Wordle 1,533 3/6

🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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sbrothy said:
Well OK. In the future I’ll refrain from gloating. That kinda backfired. :smile:
You seriously think I would let myself get beaten by a foreigner two days in a row?! \lh
 
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Wordle 1,534 3/6

πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ ARISE 39
β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ CLEAT 2
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