Anyone playing wordle?

[Passepartout]

And since I don't normally use English (aka British) slang words, I would have no reason to guess that word. Those who guesses it right likely did so - as a guess.

Paula told me she got it in 3, but that it was not a 'usual' word in her (our) vocabulary. Sometimes it boils down to blind luck. And sometimes luck and treachery beats youth and skill.

 

[billymach4]

Wordle 250 1/6
Wordle 250 1/6

 

[DaveNV]

Got lucky today.

Wordle 251 3/6





Dave

 

[Rolltydr]

Got lucky today.

Wordle 251 3/6





Dave

Wow, Good job. Took me 5 tries today.

 

[Passepartout]

DW got it in 3 by sheer tenacity of working the used letter board. It was a toughie likely designed to foil all those 'starter' words.

 

[LisaH]

Two sets of double letters. I was livid!

 

[bizaro86]

5 for me today. It took me quite awhile on my 5th guess, but the number of words that existed with the letters I had left was very low (maybe just the one, not sure).

 

[stmartinfan]

Got it in 4 but it was hard! After 3 tries, I had only 1 letter identified and struggled to even find a word I could make with remaining letters.

 

[bizaro86]

Got it in 4 but it was hard! After 3 tries, I had only 1 letter identified and struggled to even find a word I could make with remaining letters.

The q/x/z/v wasn't helping you either?

 

[billymach4]

Wordle 251 3/6

 

[rickandcindy23]

Took me five turns, too. Rick also took five on that one. Hardest one yet.

 

["Roger"]

I made it in three, but only had the last letter after the first turn (and the second). Given all the letters that I had eliminated, I was desperate to find any word that I could put in.

 

[Patri]

They should somehow prevent people from using the same starter word over and over. Wouldn’t that throw everyone into a tizzy? I like to use a different word everyday. Takes me 4 tries most of the time.

 

[DeniseM]

There are many good starter words, so there is no way to stop people from using all of them, not to mention, no good reason to do so.

 

[DaveNV]

They should somehow prevent people from using the same starter word over and over. Wouldn’t that throw everyone into a tizzy? I like to use a different word everyday. Takes me 4 tries most of the time.

There are many good starter words, so there is no way to stop people from using all of them, not to mention, no good reason to do so.

If they did that, I'd just stop playing it. "Here, guess the five random letters we selected, with no idea of what word they might spell." No thanks, not fun for me. I'd go back to Sudoku, where at least there is a specific goal.

Dave

 

[DeniseM]

What helps more than anything is having a large vocabulary, and a good understanding of the structure of words. Avid readers have an advantage.

 

[needvaca]

What helps more than anything is having a large vocabulary, and a good understanding of the structure of words. Avid readers have an advantage.

Yep. I tried to teach my young kids. Argh. What an exercise in futility

 

[DaveNV]

What helps more than anything is having a large vocabulary, and a good understanding of the structure of words. Avid readers have an advantage.

See, that may be part of the problem. I absolutely DO have a large vocabulary. My head tries to put in words that might just as easily be wrong as they might be right. So unless it's a definite answer, like today's puzzle, I might as well be shooting in the dark. After my second word, I had one vowel and one consonant in the word, and knew which vowels and a few common consonants were not used. Eliminating those letters left me with few choices, and I got the word on the third try. Part of it was skill (knowing which two letters to use and where they didn't fit) and then trying to come up with a word that did fit the pattern. Others days, and with other words, it's a lot tougher, because the known letters are common, and there is no way to know what word they're after. Add in the British slang word, as they did the other day, and it really wrinkles things up.

Dave

 

[Luvtoride]

Wordle 252 5/6






Good luck tricky with many possibilities


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[Rolltydr]

5 tries for me today, also.
Wordle 252 5/6

 

[Patri]

In three today! (And above I meant one person starting every puzzle with the same word, not banning the most popular starter words people tend to use, if there even are any. Just like sites require new passwords periodically, that can’t be what you had before. If you want to stay challenged, take chances . It is only a game.)

 

[rickandcindy23]

Took four tries today.

 

[clifffaith]

Took me five today.

 

[DaveNV]

Wordle 252 3/6





Dave

 

[DeniseM]

In Wordle, you are only competing against yourself, so I don't care how many people use the same start word every time. I don't see the logic in wanting to add new rules. If it ain't broke - don't fix it.