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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.

  • #8,581
Wordle 1,832 4/6

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  • #8,582
Wordle 1,833 4/6*

β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› FICUS 44 (wb 57)(Seed: ranked 3371 and used by 1 other)
β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› GULCH 3/1/4 (8)
πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© CRUDE 0/0/1 (1)(1.250 MAX 2, RNG)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ACUTE

global mean: 3.464
 
  • #8,583
Wordle 1,833 4/6

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  • #8,584
Wordle 1,834 4/6*

β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› MOTIF 228 (wb 235)(Seed: ranked 2771 and used by 2 others)
πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› SYNOD 4/0/3 (7)
πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© SLOOP 1/0/1 (2)(1.000)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCOOP

global mean: 3.907
 
  • #8,585
Wordle 1,834 5/6

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  • #8,586
Wordle 1,835 4/6*

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ PIVOT 726 (wb 807)
β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› GULCH 10/5/22 βˆ‘37 (48)
πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© CRANE 1/0/0 (1)(1.308, MAX 2)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EMCEE

no wordlebot data for todays game
 
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  • #8,587
Wordle 1,835 4/6

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  • #8,588
Wordle 1,836 4/6*

β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› OPIUM 257 (wb 273)(Seed: ranked 370 and used by 57 others)
β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› HUSKY 62 (58)
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© BRUTE 1/0/0 (1) (1.308, MAX 2, used)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUDE

global mean: 3.536
 
  • #8,589
Wordle 1,836 4/6

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  • #8,590
Wordle 1,837 3/6*

β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› LYMPH 5/10/3 (wb 18)(Seed: ranked 858 and used by 21 others)
β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© SIPPY 1/3/2 (6) (2.267, MAX 4, non-valid solution word)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PUPPY (1.400, MAX 2, old)

global mean: 4.933 hard mode
global mean: 4.987 standard mode

Not sure how I got so lucky. Most people required 5 guesses.
This game almost reached my '5.000' barrier for my most difficult games list.
 
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  • #8,591
Wordle 1,837 4/6

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By guess four it was the only word left.
 
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  • #8,592
Wordle 1,838 4/6*

β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› GULCH 155 (wb 157)(Seed: ranked 3086 and used by 1 other)
β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› SPUNK 4/8/11 βˆ‘23 (23)
πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› DEBUT 1/0/0 (1) (1.000, used)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEMUR

global mean: 4.042
 
  • #8,593
Sorry, I've been busy and here the other day I effed up so hard I couldn't get myself to post it. It was that ugly! This is somewhat better though:

Wordle 1,838 4/6*

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  • #8,594
Wordle 1,838 4/6

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  • #8,595
I wonder how today's puzzle ranks in the 'averagest' of games.

Pf ave today: 4
global ave today: 4
average of all game averages: 4
global sigma of today's game: 0.8
global sigma of last 100 games: 0.8
 
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  • #8,596
Wordle 1,839 5/6*

β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› SPUNK 250 (wb 274)(Seed: ranked 823 and used by 18 others)
β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› WINCH 60 (66)
β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© BEGAN 1/1/1 (5)
β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© RAVEN 1/0/0 (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAVEN

global mean: 4.370
 
  • #8,597
Wordle 1,839 5/6

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The word wasn't in my old American Heritage dictionary. I had to fall back on the scrabble dictionary. :cool:
 
  • #8,598
OmCheeto said:
I wonder how today's puzzle ranks in the 'averagest' of games.

Pf ave today: 4
global ave today: 4
average of all game averages: 4
global sigma of today's game: 0.8
global sigma of last 100 games: 0.8
Well, I guess that could be worse. Then again with the braintrust amassed on here (and I'm not counting myself) one would expect PF to do better. Ah well, just goes to show that not all forms of intelligentsia are the same.

EDIT: After all I'd still be happier being able to tie my shoelaces :woot: .

EDIT2: Oh wait... I havent solved todays puzzle! I could bring the average up (or sink us all so low viXra would laugh at us. Should I try? I can always claim I "didn't have the time". :smile:
 
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  • #8,599
That could've gone worse:

Wordle 1,839 4/6*

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Skærmbillede (186).webp

EDIT: Didn't make much difference but at least I didn't ef up.
 
  • #8,600
sbrothy said:
That could've gone worse:

Wordle 1,839 4/6*

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EDIT: Didn't make much difference but at least I didn't ef up.
So did you know what the solution word meant? Ed says he had to go through 2 dictionaries, and I'm 99.99% certain I've never used the word in a sentence in my entire life. (I searched my FB account, opened in 2008, and found no evidence of the word.)
In any event, good job!
 
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  • #8,601
Wordle 1,840 4/6*

β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› PUBIC 133 (wb 148)(Seed: ranked last)
πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› BRAWL 3/3/6 (14)
πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ BEGAT 0/0/2 (2) (1.222, MAX 2) BATTY,
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BATON (RNG)

global mean: 3.624
 
  • #8,602
Wordle 1,840 3/6

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I got lucky there were a lot of words that fit.
 
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  • #8,603
edwardII said:
Wordle 1,840 3/6

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I got lucky there were a lot of words that fit.
Ironic that if you'd used your recent usual 2nd guess, there would have been only 1 word left.
Perhaps it was Warma* saying; "Good for you for going out on a limb, I'm going to give to you in 3."

*Warma: The bastard child of Wordle and Karma.
 

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