Author Topic: Wordle (Read 192200 times)

Legs · « **Reply #125 on:** 14 January, 2022, 06:52:16 am »

Wordle 209 3/6

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IanDG · « **Reply #126 on:** 14 January, 2022, 07:11:45 am »

6 yesterday - better today

Wordle 209 5/6

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L CC · « **Reply #127 on:** 14 January, 2022, 08:03:51 am »

Gah.
Wordle 209 X/6

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Graeme · « **Reply #128 on:** 14 January, 2022, 08:05:24 am »

Double gah. Me neither.

Jaded · « **Reply #129 on:** 14 January, 2022, 08:13:15 am »

Wordle 209 4/6

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bhoot · « **Reply #130 on:** 14 January, 2022, 08:30:15 am »

Wordle 209 6/6

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Last gasp there

T42 · « **Reply #131 on:** 14 January, 2022, 08:42:07 am »

Wordle 209 4/6

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hatler · « **Reply #132 on:** 14 January, 2022, 09:08:30 am »

Wordle 209 4/6

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citoyen · « **Reply #133 on:** 14 January, 2022, 09:17:39 am »

Wordle 209 3/6

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Wowbagger · « **Reply #134 on:** 14 January, 2022, 10:00:31 am »

Wordle 209 6/6

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That 4th guess was largely wasted.

bhoot · « **Reply #135 on:** 14 January, 2022, 10:12:11 am »

I had the same first and second words as Citoyen, but from there it went downhill!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #136 on:** 14 January, 2022, 10:32:15 am »

Quote from: citoyen on 14 January, 2022, 09:17:39 am

Wordle 209 3/6

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TEARS
TODAY
TANGY

I've been finding TEARS a very good option for a first guess.

It seems to me that a pretty good strategy is to use different letters in the first two words, involving as many vowels as possible and then for the next, fit in the consonants where they will go. My problems tends to be impetuosity after that: my 4th try was a totally wasted opportunity because I included the A again in a space where I knew it didn't go.

T42 · « **Reply #137 on:** 14 January, 2022, 10:42:00 am »

Quote from: citoyen on 14 January, 2022, 09:17:39 am

Wordle 209 3/6

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TEARS
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I've been finding TEARS a very good option for a first guess.

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It's amazing how many 5-letter words I think of have 6 letters.

hatler · « **Reply #138 on:** 14 January, 2022, 10:43:53 am »

My standard first three words; STROP, CHILD and MANGE cover off the 15 most used letters in English, except that the G should be a U, but I figured that if I've used the other four vowels and got no hits then a U or a Y is a given.

G is the 17th most used (B is 16th).

Therefore, when I've run those three words through I have a pretty good idea what the answer will be through a process of elimination.

matthew · « **Reply #139 on:** 14 January, 2022, 10:58:45 am »

Wordle 209 4/6

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I can see why the harder mode requires you to use the letters already found as I find it much easier to use a completely independent second word to rule in or out more letters. If you have found one or two letters it limits the words you can use to find the others.

geraldc · « **Reply #140 on:** 14 January, 2022, 11:27:41 am »

I always start with "stare" I think that and "tears" are the most popular common starters.

T42 · « **Reply #141 on:** 14 January, 2022, 12:44:37 pm »

I started with "magic" today and got it in 4. It would have been 3 if I hadn't stupidly re-used the M.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #142 on:** 14 January, 2022, 01:30:58 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 14 January, 2022, 12:44:37 pm

I started with "magic" today and got it in 4. It would have been 3 if I hadn't stupidly re-used the M.

Hah! Same here (including the M daftness).

Legs · « **Reply #143 on:** 14 January, 2022, 02:51:13 pm »

Quote from: citoyen on 14 January, 2022, 09:17:39 am

Wordle 209 3/6

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TEARS
TODAY
TANGY

I've been finding TEARS a very good option for a first guess.

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I wonder if there's much in it between TEARS, STARE and RATES as a starter word, in terms of the distribution of greens and yellows that they yield over a long run.
It wouldn't be hard to write a crude version of Wordle in Excel or similar... but the beauty of Wordle is that you only waste five minutes a day on it...

citoyen · « **Reply #144 on:** 14 January, 2022, 03:11:51 pm »

Quote from: Legs on 14 January, 2022, 02:51:13 pm

I wonder if there's much in it between TEARS, STARE and RATES as a starter word, in terms of the distribution of greens and yellows that they yield over a long run.

According to wiki, there are more words in the English language starting with a T than any other letter, so...

hatler · « **Reply #145 on:** 14 January, 2022, 04:02:54 pm »

We could also do with a list of the most commonly used letters in five letter words, in sequence of frequency.

Pingu · « **Reply #146 on:** 14 January, 2022, 05:20:51 pm »

Wordle 209 3/6

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andyoxon · « **Reply #147 on:** 14 January, 2022, 05:38:09 pm »

Which app are people using? Wordle seems to me 'Mastermind' with letters...

bhoot · « **Reply #148 on:** 14 January, 2022, 05:50:53 pm »

Wordle has proved to be a great hit on my family WhatsApp group. Everyone seems to enjoy doing it and it provides a good reason to "check in" with each other every day without taking much time, so thanks hatler for drawing our attention to it

hatler · « **Reply #149 on:** 14 January, 2022, 06:07:52 pm »

Quote from: hatler on 14 January, 2022, 04:02:54 pm

We could also do with a list of the most commonly used letters in five letter words, in sequence of frequency.

And here we have it

Letter   Count   Frequency
a   4467   10.5%
e   4255   10.0%
r   3043   7.2%
o   2801   6.6%
i   2581   6.1%
s   2383   5.6%
t   2381   5.6%
l   2368   5.6%
n   2214   5.2%
u   1881   4.4%
y   1605   3.8%
c   1546   3.6%
d   1399   3.3%
h   1323   3.1%
m   1301   3.1%
p   1293   3.0%
b   1162   2.7%
g   1102   2.6%
k   882   2.1%
w   685   1.6%
f   661   1.6%
v   466   1.1%
z   250   0.6%
x   189   0.4%
j   163   0.4%
q   84   0.2%

From https://leancrew.com/all-this/2022/01/wordle-letters/