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Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 2:02 am
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:21 am
by LarsMac
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 5:03 pm
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 9:25 am
by LarsMac
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:25 am
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 5:22 pm
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 3:34 am
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:32 am
by LarsMac
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 11:00 am
by spot
LarsMac wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:32 am
You guys are much gooder than me.
I may need to re-think my opening strategy
I'm still undecided on strategy. If I don't know the consonants by the third word then I have several times found, even if I know all four other letters correctly placed, that there are three potential words which fit and I'm simply left guessing. That suggests I should be including as many consonants in the first two goes as I can. I'm thinking of, for instance,
round pound mound bound found sound wound - how am I meant to get the answer in no more than six tries?
On the other hand, using the highest letter frequencies (etaoin shrdlu) to select the first two words can sometimes hit all five letters and leave a simple anagram for the third guess. That's been my starting place so far, and it's very vowel-centered.
Using the same first two words consistently also avoids a lot of thinking.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:42 pm
by LarsMac
good plan, I think
I have, so far, focused on vowels, trying to use as many of them as possible, quickly. then build around the vowels that work.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 2:28 pm
by Betty Boop
I focus on consonants, generally use the same two first words, then depending on what's come up I pick out another word from what remains.
I never repeat a letter already used until the fourth go.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:09 am
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 8:07 am
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:48 am
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:10 am
by LarsMac
Re: Wordle
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:49 am
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:58 pm
by G#Gill
AY UP
Help!
I've heard about this but ain't the foggiest how to do it or why. I wouldn't mind having a go, but can somebody explain the whys and wherefors please ?
Re: Wordle
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:00 am
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:49 am
by magentaflame
I was watching a colleague play it at work. Isn't it just the game mastermind but with words instead?
Re: Wordle
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:51 am
by spot
magentaflame wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:49 am
I was watching a colleague play it at work. Isn't it just the game mastermind but with words instead?
It's alike, but with mastermind you were only told how many were in the answer and how many in the correct place. With Wordle you get told which letters they are, as well. It wouldn't be possible to guess correctly otherwise, because there's 26 variants instead of just 10.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 2:27 am
by magentaflame
spot wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:51 am
magentaflame wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:49 am
I was watching a colleague play it at work. Isn't it just the game mastermind but with words instead?
It's alike, but with mastermind you were only told how many were in the answer and how many in the correct place. With Wordle you get told which letters they are, as well. It wouldn't be possible to guess correctly otherwise, because there's 26 variants instead of just 10.
Yes but I can't guess where four to six pegs are......but I do have an idea of how words are spelt. So essentially wordle is easier.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:59 am
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:41 am
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 3:09 am
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 3:53 pm
by LarsMac
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:00 am
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 8:51 am
by LarsMac
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:08 pm
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 9:22 am
by LarsMac
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 11:29 am
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:05 pm
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 3:38 pm
by LarsMac
I pointed to my bookmarked local, which was the UK site, but go sent to the NYT site.
NY Times bought Wordle.
Didn't think that they would make the switch so quickly.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 1:41 am
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:19 pm
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:40 am
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:00 am
by LarsMac
Re: Wordle
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:10 am
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:15 am
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 5:55 am
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:48 am
by LarsMac
Re: Wordle
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 10:56 am
by Betty Boop
Bet you won't quit
Evidently, the pair of you had great advantages from getting that one letter in the right place! (actually two letters in Spot's case)
Re: Wordle
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 3:44 pm
by LarsMac
Yeah, that was a pretty lucky hit.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:39 pm
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 2:34 pm
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:43 pm
by LarsMac
Re: Wordle
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:30 pm
by Betty Boop
Re: Wordle
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:39 pm
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 6:49 pm
by LarsMac
Mine looked just like that, except for the 6/6
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2022 1:32 am
by spot
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:00 am
by LarsMac