"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1)

It’s a fun and compelling game. I most commonly get it in four guesses. One hard word took six (whew). Barely over half the time I have got it in two or three guesses. I have not yet felt I could have done a better job on a particular word. But I do not use a set strategy that absolutely maximizes predicted frequencies, preferring to just try something that seems good. My goal is not to repeat the same initial word.

RATIO
ROUTE
ROBOT

The animation when you’ve entered a word is different today for me, slower and more chunky. Is it just me? It’s annoying.

Wordle 215 3/6*

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Kind of lucky with guess 3, particularly with the double letter.

I actually included a clue when I posted puzzle no.215.

Anyway, I really didn’t do well with my first two guesses here:

Wordle 216 4/6

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Wordle 215 2/6

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HABIT
ROBOT

Impressive!

Lucky.

Wordle 215 6/6

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I got very lucky with my fifth guess, which gave me the fourth letter.

TIGER
CARPS
LOVES
NORTH
ROTOR
ROBOT

Couldn’t play until late tonight, but:

Wordle 215 3/6*

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You’re right, I was far to short and snippy with that post and I apologize. I just got annoyed at how many recent posts either were not protected by spoilers and needed mod attention, or if they were spoiler tagged, the poster didn’t think to tell us which day’s puzzle was hidden behind the spoiler tags.

The spoilers and the possibility of repeated letters were all things we had already covered ad nauseam earlier in the thread.

Wordle 216 4/6* Jan 21st

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STORE
DRAIN
BRICK
PRICK

I first thought of BRAIN for my second guess but then thought “Nope, D is more common, I should rule that out first.” Shoulda gone with my first instinct which would have excluded me wanting to try BRICK and would have gotten it in 3.

Tough day at the office.

Wordle (ES) #15 5/6

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WORDLE🇩🇪 354 5/6

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Wordle 216 4/6*

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Also, someone introduced a version that does five digit prime numbers, which is of course absurd. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you…

Primel 19 5/6

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Primel 20 5/6

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That’s not absurd at all! I have the list of 5-digit primes almost completely memorized, and playing this variant will help my memory skills! :squinting_face_with_tongue:

I found the last 2 lines in your color blocks for puzzle #19 interesting, I wonder how common “prime rhymes” which share the last N-1 digits are. That might make a good Numberphile video starring James Grime. :wink:

Nice! Here’s the link then. Primel

Yes, I was totally surprised when it accepted it as a prime but was not the right digit. :slightly_smiling_face:

ETA forgot the French

Le Mot (@WordleFR) #12 5/6

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Argh, so much green but so many options!

Wordle 216 4/6

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PRONE
PRIVY
PRISM
PRICK

Wordle 216 5/6

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I guessed your second word too, as my third word.

Wordle 216 4/6

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LOSER
RACES
WRACK
PRICK

Wordle 216 5/6*

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At guess 4: surely they wouldn’t…better go for the safer option…nope, they did…

AIERY
ROIST
GRIND
BRICK
PRICK

Wordle 216 3/6*

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Proud
Price
Prick

As the second word reveal was happening I thought for sure I had it in 2.

“If you prick us, do we not bleed?”