The "Wordle" thread

[Runs For Fun]

I hate when this happens
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[DT]

I hate when this happens
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I almost had the same thing:

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[Pumbaa]

Double yellow, w00t!

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[Edd]

Let’s talk starter words (not sure if this has been addressed).

I go with “diary” a lot. “Reach” or “shape” is good.

Someone just told me he uses “noise” every time.

 

[Pumbaa]

Another annoyingly green day (hard mode strategy), did not expect the third guess to work out but here we are… Not complaining!

I am stubbornly sticking to my starter word despite it not being statistically optimal. Using for example “raise” instead would be a wiser decision (but less fun so frak it).

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[Clix Pix]

My starter word is filled with vowels: "adieu". Once I've seen what pops up there I move to the second line and put in my current favorite second word, "ghost." That takes care of the remaining vowel and also a few consonants. Sometimes that is still not enough, though, and when that happens I throw in "crank" on the third line. By then I should have a sufficient number of letters with which to start trying for the actual winning word.

I have fun playing with this and try to remind myself that it's not a sign of total failure if I don't manage to guess the winning word at all, which of course has happened a few times since I've been playing Wordle....

 

[Runs For Fun]

This is getting ridiculous LOL
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[Edd]

Sweet

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[DT]

Oh, FU wordle, that's not even ... well, I got it, because it was obvious at the 4th guess even though (see spoiler ...)

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Spoiler

Really? A slang word?

Bloke is a slang term for a common man in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The earliest known usage is from the early 19th century, when it was recorded as a London slang term.
Wikipedia

 

[Clix Pix]

My brain wasn't quite in gear yet when I attempted this but in the end the solution came to me..... But, yeah, I was a little disconcerted, too.

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[DT]

Actually, over the past week or so, I have stumbled into, evolved, or developed something approximating to your method, though I still consult my (ever growing, but slower) neatly printed, hand-written list of five letter words.

Are you playing (daily) or just making lists[?] If the former, you should post results here.

 

[Deleted member 215]

My most common starter words: train, stain, stale, later, route, crane

 

[fischersd]

Damn, I never use that word...

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[Pumbaa]

Haunted by greens yet again.

Third guess semi-wasted, a word that probably is not in the list of valid solutions, just in the list of valid words. It eliminated three letters, though, so file as a win.

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[fischersd]

Another tough one...(yeah, kinda wasted my second guess)

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[Clix Pix]

I totally bombed out on this one -- Grrrrr! My first word brought out two letters but then I couldn't grab any other letters until I finally got a key one -- at the end, when it was too late. Sigh.....

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[DT]

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[DT]

My starter word is filled with vowels: "adieu". Once I've seen what pops up there I move to the second line and put in my current favorite second word, "ghost." That takes care of the remaining vowel and also a few consonants. Sometimes that is still not enough, though, and when that happens I throw in "crank" on the third line. By then I should have a sufficient number of letters with which to start trying for the actual winning word.

Ahh.

I always work from existing letters (I think maybe one time I've tossed in a totally fresh word/letters, and on the occasions my first word is a total bust). If they're valid but wrong position I move them (or use them in their position if correct) while also introducing new vowel(s), and/or doing some vowel/consonant pairing validation/elimination (like IE, OU, CH, TH, NG, etc ...)

Like my solve above, started with one of my two standard words. Left the correct position letter, moved the other to a new position while also adding another vowel to check and a couple of good, common consonants. No new letters, so I moved the wrong position letter again, and once again, validated the final vowel plus two more consonants.

Now after guess #3, I've got two positioned, I know the vowel(s), and I know which common consonants it's not, and I have a two letter suffix pattern that massively limits the result set.

 

[Edd]

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[Runs For Fun]

Ugh
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