"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)

The Game Room
1981

Wordle 745 2/6

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CRATE
IRATE

:partying_face:

1982

You are, I expect, correct on that.

1983

Wordle 745 3/6

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AISLE
MAIZE
IRATE

I might have scored a two with one less Fourth of July martini. Should have played after my morning coffee but I was out of my routine today. Still, I’ll take the birdie!

1984

Wordle 745 2/6*

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TRAIL
IRATE

Very happy with a 2, and when I saw the answer, I knew there would be at least one even happier player with a 1!

WordleBot says that 3.8 was the average today, and it looks like scores are all over the place today, from 1 to 6.

1985

I’m glad you said something – I didn’t even think to check WordleBot today! I did just now, and it understandably attributed my win to a Luck score of 99. Bizarrely, it also awarded a Skill score of 93. (???)

It’s weird to have a 1 in my stats.

As of today:

532 consecutive games. 531 wins, 1 loss, 100% win. Current streak is 291. < shakes fist at PARER >

1 = 1
2 = 40
3 = 204
4 = 204
5 = 64
6 = 18

Being a math idiot despite the best efforts of fellow players, I have no idea how that shakes out for an average. Doesn’t matter – I just enjoy playing each day!

1986

Wordle 746 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
MELON
VENOM

1987

531 total wins

1 * 1 = 1
2 * 40 = 80
3 * 204 = 612
4 * 204 = 816
5 * 64 = 320
6 * 18 = 108

1 + 80 + 612 + 816 + 320 + 108 = 1937 total guesses

1937 / 531 = 3.6478

Note that this is your average winning score. Do not include losses. (There is no clean way to incorporate losses in this average.)

It shakes out rather well for an average.

1988

Thanks! I knew to add all the scores together, but I couldn’t remember which number to divide by. Now I’ll remember! Makes all the sense, when I think about it. < Derp >

1989

Edited in that it’s actually total guesses, as opposed to total score. I mean, it is total score, but total guesses really drives home the point of what is being calculated.

1990

Thanks again. :slight_smile:

1991

Wordle 746 4/6*

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QUERY
BEAST
MELON
VENOM

1992

Wordle 746 5/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
GNOME
VENOM

1993

Wordle 746 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ \end{aligned}

1994

Wordle 746 4/6*

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ALONE
TONER
KENDO
VENOM

1995

Wordle 746 4/6

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IDEAL
SNORE
MONEY
VENOM

1996

Wordle 746 5/6

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HEART
PEONY
FELON
GENOM
VENOM

1997

Wordle 746 6/6

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1998
Wordle 746 4/6* 7/5/2023

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IRATE → Finally I get to start with IRATE, and this is all I get?
SHELF → No better with the second guess. Another couple vowels, and an N or M (or both?)
MONEY → Aha! E second, so ?ENOM, it’s V time…
VENOM

For a second there, I was thinking DEMON - don’t know why I reversed M & N there…

1999

Wordle 746 4/6*

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YEAST
WENCH
XENON <— It would have been a fun word. I shoulda known better.
VENOM

2000

Wordle 746 3/6

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ABOUT
LONER
VENOM

I opened my Notes app to make a list of -ENO- words. I came up with exactly one (missed XENON). After a few minutes of fruitlessly shifting the vowels around, I pulled the trigger for the birdie. Turns out VENOM and XENON were my only options.