# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)

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> [@"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9999):
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> [Hard mode] makes a difference as well.

I think that’s somewhat ameliorated, though probably not completely, by the fact that hard mode gives you a small extra chance to get a 2. You literally can’t get a 2 if your second guess doesn’t obey “super” hard mode rules. (Actual hard mode lets you reuse bad letters. “Super” hard mode is the idea of you can only guess words that could possibly be the answer, not counting the previous answers list.)

> [@"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9999):
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> I keep thinking that at some point they’ve got to start re-using past solutions

Right? I feel like they have to at some point. You can’t let it dwindle down to “There’s only four words left!”, y’know?

I like your idea of protecting the last 6 months or year on a rolling basis, and then allowing repeats of any answers from before that.

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