Wordle - A daily word game

Wordle 223 5/6

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2 + 4 = 5 for me this morning.

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That is quite the pattern!

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That is one hell of a strategy! I applaud you.

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Wordle 223 4/6

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I believe that the word never ends with “S”… I should probably learn/internalize that, since I would’ve had it in 3 rather than 4… oh well!

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I just had a quick skim through past answers, and 196 and 198 prove that theory wrong.

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Wordle 223 4/6

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There are 36 counterexamples out of the 2315 words in the valid list.

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Ooh. 1.5%… Or about 1 out of 80? I think I can accept those odds.

Thanks for doing the homework, folks.

What Wordle has taught me is that I can instinctively think of a huge number of SIX letter words.

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Neither are plurals though. I feel like if your word ends in S then it’s as good a guess as any, but avoid plurals?
(This is not financial wordle advice)

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I get four letters….

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Wordle 223 3/6

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That went well

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Wordle 223 5/6

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1-3, exercise in frustration.

How do you view the valid word list? I’m wondering if letters are ever doubled. Like, say, Gully. Or if each letter only appears once in any given day.

And oof, I thought I knew that designer but somehow that name became Andreas Steding in my head.

Guess the Board Game
Day 18
Score: 760
#1 :mage::x:

#2 :abc::white_check_mark:

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There’s a script src= on the page which points to the Javascript that runs the game, and the word lists (one for valid candidates, another longer one for acceptable guesses) are directly embedded in that. I ran it through an un-minifier for greater clarity.

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Wordle 223 5/6

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Congrats to anyone who got that one in 2-4. That was a toughy.

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We’ve had double letters in words before.

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Wordle 224 6/6

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Took me ages to think of the one word that I needed for 5/6 to guarantee the right word on 6/6. (It was macaw.)

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Wordle 223 3/6

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Wordle 223 3/6

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I also appear to be part of this ‘cult’ :grinning: The inspired deductive powers of Mrs Nameless saved the day on this one!

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Wordle 224 3/6

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:partying_face:

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