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Re: Wordle

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Post: # 73267Unread post Cornelius_Gotchberg
Thu Jul 07, 2022 12:41 pm

"I had 3 correct in right place by second go...."

I had four (4), with, ala @Gardadore, nothing but dumb luck with the second word; got it on the third try...courtesy of more dumb luck.

Further research showed that with the first three (3) correct, #4 wrong, and #5 correct, there are another five (5) total correct words, per Herr Google.

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Post: # 73268Unread post Cornelius_Gotchberg
Thu Jul 07, 2022 12:47 pm

@Amateurinawe; "I broke all my own rules about finding a single word with the likely remaining letters and resorted to guessing"

Just like ALL those inane superstitions we have for our sports teams/preferred personal outcomes (anyone that says they have any...welp...they'll lie to you's about other things too!), they're only weird if they don't work.

And THEY_HAVE_ALL_WORKED_AT_LEAST_ONCE, am I right?

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Re: Wordle

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Post: # 73274Unread post Amateurinawe
Thu Jul 07, 2022 2:37 pm

@Cornelius_Gotchberg no it's logical , if I have established some good letters, and then I work out all the possible words it can be, it makes sense to forget the current word and try to form a word from a combination of those letters, hence I get 5 extra letter hits. If I use one of my words and there are a few possible combinations I am on averages likely to get it wrong based on the number of possible combinations. I can reduce the odds and possible remaining letters 5 at a time rather than say 2 at a time.

I didn't do that and nearly ran out of Go's because I was only guessing 2 letters each go.

However that doesn't always work if the possible remains words use letters like fgykz or some awkward set of consonents. In that case I sometimes go for trying to have a word with as many of them as possible. If I am guessing the two remaining letters then even a new word with 3 of the possible letters is increasing my chances.

I was just being impulsive and in a hurry cos I didn't do the wordle in the morning and was late.....
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Re: Wordle

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Post: # 73294Unread post SpookyShoe
Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:15 pm

Wordle 383 3/6

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Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:01 pm

Wow, really? You only had two letters and your mind went right away to that word? Interesting.

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Post: # 73302Unread post SpookyShoe
Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:13 pm

My first two attempts had eliminated all of the vowels that were not in the correct answer.

I had one of the consonants.

Based on the remaining letters left in the "bank," one of the possibilities turned out to be the correct answer.

One possibility I saw as a correct answer could have been an ingredient in tequila.
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Post: # 73315Unread post pondgardener
Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:40 pm

Wordle 383 3/6

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I got lucky today...I eliminated 3 vowels with my initial try, used the one consonant hit in combination with two other vowels and guessed right on the third set.
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Post: # 73323Unread post karstopography
Fri Jul 08, 2022 12:52 am

Wordle 384 5/6

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Forgot to include a letter found in third guess in the fourth try, but it worked out anyway.
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Post: # 73333Unread post PlainJane
Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:16 am

Squandered a wild guess on my second try.
Wordle 384 3/6

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Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:23 am

Wordle 384 3/6
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Post: # 73339Unread post Sue_CT
Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:34 am

Lucky guess today.

Wordle 384 3/6

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Post: # 73359Unread post Cornelius_Gotchberg
Fri Jul 08, 2022 12:37 pm

Luckier guess; in two (2).

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Post: # 73385Unread post Amateurinawe
Fri Jul 08, 2022 11:55 pm

Wordle 385 3/6
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Post: # 73390Unread post karstopography
Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:07 am

Wordle 385 6/6

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Getting my money’s worth on these. Phew is right.
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Post: # 73392Unread post PlainJane
Sat Jul 09, 2022 5:54 am

Total disaster today.
Wordle 385 X/6

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Post: # 73397Unread post Cornelius_Gotchberg
Sat Jul 09, 2022 8:27 am

Today was tough; lucked out on the 3rd try which left only one possibility.

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Post: # 73401Unread post Sue_CT
Sat Jul 09, 2022 9:15 am

One of those days where there are just too many possible words you can make and guessing the correct one just luck. I was one letter away after the first guess and it still took me 5.

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Post: # 73407Unread post Cornelius_Gotchberg
Sat Jul 09, 2022 9:54 am

You's Wordle Junkies (a group which includes, but not limited to, me!) use the same opener each time, rotate through several favorites, or allow your Muse to inspire a choice on a whim?

I rotate mostly between ADIEU and OUIJA.

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Post: # 73410Unread post Sue_CT
Sat Jul 09, 2022 10:07 am

I rotate through, ADIEU was my first, forgot my second but it will come to me, lol, and SLATE which the internet claims gives the highest number of correct guesses in the least amount of guesses. Oh yes, the second was NOISY. I find it helpful to get that Y in there sometimes. Today I used SLATE.

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Post: # 73411Unread post Amateurinawe
Sat Jul 09, 2022 10:08 am

I use AISLE first then sometimes follow up with TOUCH depending if there is no vowel hit first time, today it was tramp as second word.
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