# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [March 25, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659 "2023-03-25T23:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9999
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9999 "2024-11-19T10:49:37Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > That’s probably a pretty fair representation of the advantage you have starting with s compared to p. Also while you don’t strictly play hard mode, you hold yourself to it the vast majority of the time, afaict. And working within that limitation makes a difference as well. > [@EllisDee](#): > > Probably, but possibly not. Those games were played with 600+ answers already used. I have no idea what a reasonable floor might be when that becomes 1600+, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it were closer to 3.0 than 3.3. I keep thinking that at some point they’ve got to start re-using past solutions, otherwise the available pool of solutions will dwindle. Maybe they’ll start doing that at the beginning of 2025. If I were running the game, I’d exclude maybe the most recent 6 to 12 months’ solutions, but put the older solutions back in play on a continuous basis. But I’m not, so I guess we’ll see what happens. I really think they need to start doing it fairly soon though. ETA: Post #9999 in the thread! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659)._