Anyone playing wordle?

[clifffaith]

Five. My first two words gave me no letters, finally one letter on my third try.

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["Roger"]

Back in the saddle again. Playing again after moving to a new location. Three is a good way for me to start off.

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[T_R_Oglodyte]

You are more analytical than me. (Side note: I was an analyst in my pre-retirement life and I don’t like doing anything that reminds me of work. ) You often list many possibilities based on your particular scenarios, indicating that either you spent some time trying to think of all possibilities or they come to you pretty quickly. I, on the other hand, try words as I think of them, rather than trying to think of several possibilities and then choosing one. I may think of 2 or 3 and make a choice but not more than that. My reasoning is that all words have the same statistical probability of being the solution so why complicate it by trying to think of more words. It’s like the lottery, every ticket has the same chance of winning. I do very much enjoy reading your synopses and I learn from them. In fact, I’ve learned a lot of new words from several of our daily players.

I think that's accurate. I approach Wordle as an exercise in combinatorial mathematics; a good part of that is my inner nerd.

Another part of that is that, with family history of dementia, I try to continually challenge my mental processes and force myself to analyze information, and to push myself into areas where I haven't ventured previously. Wordle is a daily exercise that is an enjoyable exercise that forces me to think and work through patterns and combinations, evaluate probabilities, and then find guesses that have maximum benefit in arriving at a solution.

 

[slip]

I think that's accurate. I approach Wordle as an exercise in combinatorial mathematics; a good part of that is my inner nerd.

Another part of that is that, with family history of dementia, I try to continually challenge my mental processes and force myself to analyze information, and to push myself into areas where I haven't ventured previously. Wordle is a daily exercise that is an enjoyable exercise that forces me to think and work through patterns and combinations, evaluate probabilities, and then find guesses that have maximum benefit in arriving at a solution.

And here I am just trying to find a word that fits.

 

[dsmrp]

Wow lucky guess got it in 2 !!!

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[dsmrp]

If I'm not ready to try to solve, I don't bother with repeating green letters in a guess, because that doesn't tell me anything I don't already know. Like in today's puzzle, I got one green letter in the first guess. In my next guess I put a different letter in that spot, so now I know whether or not that new letter was part of the answer.

Using, repeating known letters is Wordle's "hard mode" . Try it. The solving strategy is different.

Like @Rolltydr, I was an analyst too, but not so much in numbers. My strategy is similar to his: come up with a few possibilities and enter the one that uses less common consonants. I also hunt for vowels, r/o unlikely positions of known letters and almost always play in hard mode.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Using, repeating known letters is Wordle's "hard mode" . Try it. The solving strategy is different.

I've done hard mode, but I like the regular mode because it generates more options, which means more things that I need to sift through. That's more enjoyable and challenging for me.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Four.

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[slip]

I'm very happy with my 4 today.

 

[Sandi Bo]

Happy with my 4, as well

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[Patri]

Three.

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[Rolltydr]

I think that's accurate. I approach Wordle as an exercise in combinatorial mathematics; a good part of that is my inner nerd.

Another part of that is that, with family history of dementia, I try to continually challenge my mental processes and force myself to analyze information, and to push myself into areas where I haven't ventured previously. Wordle is a daily exercise that is an enjoyable exercise that forces me to think and work through patterns and combinations, evaluate probabilities, and then find guesses that have maximum benefit in arriving at a solution.

Very interesting. I enjoy it a great deal and I do put thought into it, I just want it to be fun and not feel like it’s work that I have to do. However, you do give me some food for thought. My mother and maternal grandmother had dementia so maybe I should work at it a little more.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Very interesting. I enjoy it a great deal and I do put thought into it, I just want it to be fun and not feel like it’s work that I have to do. However, you do give me some food for thought. My mother and maternal grandmother had dementia so maybe I should work at it a little more.

The mental stimulation part is something I enjoy - so approaching the puzzle that way I do is fun for me. Although I haven't played bridge in over 40 years (and even then was never more than a neophyte), I still read the daily bridge column and try to work out the situation on my own before getting into that part of the column.

 

[Rolltydr]

Five for today. Tricky word.

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I started with BEAUT today although the first band of rain just came through northeast Florida. I got a U. CRUSH got the U in the correct position and added R and S, which I promptly forgot with my next guess, ROUND. At this point, I’m leaning toward the R going in 4th position. Options are SxURx or SxUXR. I tried SLURP and got the URP. Since S had already been ruled out for the first position, I’m left with xSURP and USURP is the only word I know that fits. I had briefly thought about double letters after my 3rd guess but had ruled it out.

 

[VacationForever]

Three today and fairly quick. After the first 2 starter words, there are probably not more than a handful of words that would fit.

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["Roger"]

5 today. Impressed with those who got it in two or three.

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[VacationForever]

I started playing Quodle about a week ago. Each day after I am finished playing with Wordle, I would then go on to Quodle. I am hooked!

 

[clifffaith]

Three for me!

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[VacationForever]

OK, I have gone crazy. I added Quodle a week ago and I added Waffle and Nerdle today and I am enjoying and solving all of them!

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three

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[tombanjo]

When you're hot, you're hot - 3

Wordle 467 3/6

 

[Patri]

Guess I am not so special. Three.

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[slip]

I'm less special, 4 today.

 

[Rolltydr]

Less than stellar day for me. Five.

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It’s quite RAINY here this morning. That only got me an out of position A. I hit the remaining vowels with DOULA and added a D. I thought LADLE would be a great Wordle, but it wasn’t. Ok, my excuse for leaving out the D in my next guess is that DW is talking to me and watching the hurricane coverage. She, obviously, doesn’t know, or care, the importance of not distracting me during Wordle. So, I missed the D and tried SHALL. As consolation, it did leave me with 3 letters in the correct position. SCALD, I think, was the only word that fit.

 

[VacationForever]

Three.

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