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

Wordle 629 4/6*

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

BEARD
REMIT
REPEL
REVEL

(is anyone else singing Rebel Rebel now ?)

Wordle 629 4/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: 139
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 26
:green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square: 3
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLART
OPINE => lemur, lever, lurer, ruler, rebel, revel, redly came to mind
RULER => either REBEL or (seems like a more Wardly sort of word)
REVEL

Glad to get 4 today.

YES. It’ll be in my head until something else pushes it out.

ETA: Should be spoilered!

Wordle 629 4/6*

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

CRATE
SPREE
FREER
REVEL

Daily Quordle 410
:seven::eight:
:three::five:

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: :white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: :green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: :white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: :white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: :white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square: :green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square: :green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square: :white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: :white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square: :white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square: :green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

ENJOY SPOOF
NASTY DEALT

I believe people have been requesting that Quordle answers be posted in another thread. I created one.

https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy

Lucky to get this one in four, it would seem.

Wordle 629 4/6

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:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::white_large_square::orange_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

CRANE
SPOIL - eliminated all other vowels except ‘u’ and a couple of key consonants as it turns out
REBEL - picked the wrong one of only two possible answers
REVEL

A distinctly unsatisfying game, but I’m ok with a 4 today.

Wordle 629 4/6*

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:black_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

IRATE
HERON
REPLY
REVEL

I had also seen REBEL, but I decided to be one today and try the less likely word first. Turned out to be a good call. For a change.

Me too. Gee, thanks for the earthworm, @pjd. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Where did you get this list of EAROTLISNC?

The general frequency of letters in English words, and here are two lists,

ETAISONRLHDCUMGPYFBWKZVXJQ — general freqs
EARIOTNSLCUDPMHGBFYWKVXZJQ — general freqs,

… is different from the frequency of letters in English 5-letter words. As you pointed out. Thanks again, that is very helpful.

From this source,

… this is the revised frequency:

AESORILTNUDCYMPHBGKFWVZJXQ
(and not EAROTLISNC)

This list can generate new starting words and I will start trying:

AROSE — ILTNUDCYMPHBGKFWVZJXQ
UNTIL — DCYMPHBGKFWVZJXQ
CHIMP (1, I) — DYBGKFWVZJXQ (only 1 repeated letter, I)

Comparing the two lists:

EAROTLISNC, from @RTFirefly , and
AESORILTNUDCYMPHBGKFWVZJXQ,

… the S is in a very different position: 8th place in the first list and 3rd in the second. I found that to be interesting.

It may have been from me. If so, I based my frequency counts on the answer list, not the entire guess list. (I don’t care at all about the guess list letter frequency.)

EDIT: Also if so, I can double check to verify my counts.

Cool. If it’s handy can you complete the list and show all 26 letters? Only if it’s handy.

Wordle 629 4/6

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:blue_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::orange_square::blue_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::black_large_square::orange_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

ACUTE
LONER
REPEL
REVEL

Count me as another who saw REVEL first but didn’t put it down. Unlike many of you, though, I avoided REBEL, thinking (perhaps overthinking) that the civil war connotation might make it unsuitable.

Wordle 629 4/6* 3/10/2023

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WHERE → OK, that limits the # of places where the E’s can go…Shift each over one? And I really need to hit on some consonants. R can go 1st, 3rd or 5th, let’s try leading off…
REPEL → Good guess with the L. Two more possibilities…
REBEL** → Not that one, so it must be…
REVEL

Alas, missed playing yesterday. Scoredle, still obsessed with repeat letters, said I should have tried REFER with the second guess. I think Scoredle really values getting green letters, so doubling up on guesses that came up yellow is part of its bag of tricks. Seems to me like an easy way to get to a trap situation with fewer letters guessed…

Sure, here you go!

EAROTLISNCUHPYDGMBFKWVXZJQ

J and Q are actually tied for last place, at 7 appearances each.

BTW, my frequency list is strictly from the answers of the Wordles that have already been played, up through #626 (HORSE). To each his or her own, but that’s all that I want to have information about, to preserve for myself the open-endedness of the game. So it may differ from the frequencies in the entire list of 2300+ solutions or from those of the list of nearly 15,000 words accepted as guesses. And apparently does.

Wordle 629 5/6*

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LATER
CRUEL
REBEL
REPEL
REVEL
I saw 3 choices and decided to go alphabetically, REBEL REPEL REVEL. Bad choice!

Later, the cruel rebels repelled the revels. :smiley:

Wordle 629 4/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

STARE
RIDER
RUMEN
REVEL

RUMEN might have been unlikely, but it did eliminate some crucial letters.

LOL makes sense!

Thanks! Okay so maybe I’ll try these…

EAROTLISNCUHPYDGMBFKWVXZJQ
AROSE — TLINCUHPYDGMBFKWVXZJQ
UNTIL — CHPYDGMBFKWVXZJQ
NYMPH (1, N) — CDGBFKWVXZJQ
BADGE (2, A E) — CFKWVXZJQ
FUCKS (2, S U) — WVXZJQ

Summary

Oh, just kidding about that last one! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

SAT MAR 11

Wordle 630 4/6*

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:black_large_square::black_large_square::blue_square::blue_square::orange_square:
:black_large_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

ALONE
STEAL
CAMEL
EMAIL

Heh.

Wordle 630 4/6

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:black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLANT
SCALE
LEAKY
EMAIL

Not a fan of email as an answer.