Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?]
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Anybody playing Wordle?
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Re: Wordle
Yes. And there is also Absurdle. I don't have link, but it's easy to find
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Re: Wordle
Funny. I got it in three tries.
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Re: Wordle
I recommend folks avoid posting the current word of the day. Not everyone has had a chance to play today yet.
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+1. No spoilers please.stinkydash wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 9:08 amI recommend folks avoid posting the current word of the day. Not everyone has had a chance to play today yet.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?]
What spoilers?
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Got it in second try. I wish there was a way to play previous Wordles.
Wordle 210 2/6
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?]
Yes, and I didn’t appreciate the spoiler. Please change the title to add SPOILER so others’ daily Wordle doesn’t get spoiled.
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I got it third try! That’s my best so far.
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Yes, the app give a great way to share your status/how you did without any chance of spoilers. Need to do that. Don't ruin it for others.
I am addicted, and it the addiction is quickly flowing through my social circle.
The one a day approach like the (real) NYT Crossword is a great way to balance addiction vs. time-wasting
The best part for me is that I appear to be pretty decent at this game and can keep pace with my wife who has been killing me at Bananagrams, Scrabble and just about any other word-based game for 30 years!
Wordle 210 5/6
I am addicted, and it the addiction is quickly flowing through my social circle.
The one a day approach like the (real) NYT Crossword is a great way to balance addiction vs. time-wasting
The best part for me is that I appear to be pretty decent at this game and can keep pace with my wife who has been killing me at Bananagrams, Scrabble and just about any other word-based game for 30 years!
Wordle 210 5/6
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
Spoiler included in title.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
Hey, the quotes and comments are what revealed a spoiler. I just used a word in a post that someone would have to assume and try.
As a peace offering and for the person who said they wished they could play previous ones, I give you the below link to Wheeldle, AKA Unlimited Wordle:
https://wheelsrpgs.itch.io/wheeldle
As a peace offering and for the person who said they wished they could play previous ones, I give you the below link to Wheeldle, AKA Unlimited Wordle:
https://wheelsrpgs.itch.io/wheeldle
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
Wish I had enough free time for games like this, haha.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
Only enough time to post in messageboard threads about games?
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
The great thing about Wordle is that you can only play once per day. You can't end up losing a half hour playing word after word after word, unless you purposely seek out one of the clones that allow unrestricted play.
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That's some good luck. You can play older games by setting back the calendar on your computer and restarting browser.investorpeter wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 9:45 amGot it in second try. I wish there was a way to play previous Wordles.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
Often its just 15-20 seconds, maybe a minute for a hard one.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
What’s everyone’s starting word? Mine is satin.
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Played for the first time today. Got it on my 4th try.
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I've been going with RAISE, RINSE, STARE or STAIN (SATIN).
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ADIEU followed by SPORT
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Wordle 210 2/6
I was pretty lucky today.
I was pretty lucky today.
Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
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My second is broke.
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IRATE
YOUTH
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
Of course I only use my second word if my first word yields a poor result.
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Yes! Love word games.
My family has a competition going with Wordle. It's fun!
My family has a competition going with Wordle. It's fun!
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COUNT or CLOUT have served me well for #2.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
I am. Not doing too great. I've never been that great at anagrams, I'm not bad at filling in missing letters if the others are in the right places.
My tentative strategy is DEATH, IRONS, MULCT as the first three words, thereby hitting the fourteen most common letters, and then probing for letter position. But it's not working particularly well.
As a side note, it's fascinating and heartbreaking to watch how it is working out, between the creators of the no-cost game, and the smartypants saying that "WORDLE" isn't copyrighted or trademarked and the gameplay probably isn't protectable, so lets create iOS and Android knockoffs and make a buck.
My tentative strategy is DEATH, IRONS, MULCT as the first three words, thereby hitting the fourteen most common letters, and then probing for letter position. But it's not working particularly well.
As a side note, it's fascinating and heartbreaking to watch how it is working out, between the creators of the no-cost game, and the smartypants saying that "WORDLE" isn't copyrighted or trademarked and the gameplay probably isn't protectable, so lets create iOS and Android knockoffs and make a buck.
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You ruined today's game for me, but on the bright side, I can impress my wife with my score today.
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I use:
Least
Morph
But I see some pretty good options posted here.
Least
Morph
But I see some pretty good options posted here.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
SIREN
OCTAL or
STOIC
FREAK
OCTAL or
STOIC
FREAK
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I apologize, but I would say the people that quoted me with additional exposition ruined it. By tomorrow, my comment on what's expected to be a long-running thread (if it isn't locked for some reason) would have been entirely meaningless. I didn't say, "today's answer is. . ." But sorry.Go Blue 99 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 12:37 pmYou ruined today's game for me, but on the bright side, I can impress my wife with my score today.
Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
I am curious if WORDLE adjusts to geographic regions. For example, favor in a legitimate word in the U.S. but in the U.K. favour is too long.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
The creator stated he doesn’t want it too hard and is not using obscure words. His database contains approximately 2400 words.
Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
My point is that in the U.S., favor is a legitimate word, but for someone in the U.K., it does not make sense because they use favour. And so I'm curious if people around the world get the same daily word and whether everybody must assume American spelling.MidwestMike wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:24 pmThe creator stated he doesn’t want it too hard and is not using obscure words. His database contains approximately 2400 words.
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Seems to be the same daily word worldwide.VictoriaF wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:29 pmMy point is that in the U.S., favor is a legitimate word, but for someone in the U.K., it does not make sense because they use favour. And so I'm curious if people around the world get the same daily word and whether everybody must assume American spelling.MidwestMike wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:24 pmThe creator stated he doesn’t want it too hard and is not using obscure words. His database contains approximately 2400 words.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
Thank you, Mike! I thought I've discovered this problem but the Irish beat me to it,MidwestMike wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:35 pmSeems to be the same daily word worldwide.VictoriaF wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:29 pmMy point is that in the U.S., favor is a legitimate word, but for someone in the U.K., it does not make sense because they use favour. And so I'm curious if people around the world get the same daily word and whether everybody must assume American spelling.MidwestMike wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:24 pmThe creator stated he doesn’t want it too hard and is not using obscure words. His database contains approximately 2400 words.
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A related article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... ish-favor/VictoriaF wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:29 pmMy point is that in the U.S., favor is a legitimate word, but for someone in the U.K., it does not make sense because they use favour. And so I'm curious if people around the world get the same daily word and whether everybody must assume American spelling.MidwestMike wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:24 pmThe creator stated he doesn’t want it too hard and is not using obscure words. His database contains approximately 2400 words.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
Thanks for the link!mrc wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:44 am For those wishing to play prior versions …
https://metzger.media/games/wordle-archive/
I found some in the Wayback web too.
One of my adult kids and I now check-in ever day thanks to Wordle.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
Thank you, delamer, it makes sense. I am not sure if I should be proud that I've independently identified an issue or humble that I'm late to flagging it.delamer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 2:06 pmA related article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... ish-favor/VictoriaF wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:29 pmMy point is that in the U.S., favor is a legitimate word, but for someone in the U.K., it does not make sense because they use favour. And so I'm curious if people around the world get the same daily word and whether everybody must assume American spelling.MidwestMike wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:24 pmThe creator stated he doesn’t want it too hard and is not using obscure words. His database contains approximately 2400 words.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
Neat!delamer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 2:10 pmThanks for the link!mrc wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:44 am For those wishing to play prior versions …
https://metzger.media/games/wordle-archive/
I found some in the Wayback web too.
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Bogleheads helps me navigate life, financially. Even posts about games.Cheez-It Guy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:59 amOnly enough time to post in messageboard threads about games?
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Curious about how words with repeats of the same letter are handled on this thing.
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Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
several days ago the word used a letter twice. It shows up as green if it is one of those correct places, there is no other indication that a letter is used twice. you just have to consider that it is a possibility.Curious about how words with repeats of the same letter are handled on this thing.
Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
I downloaded a word list (not Wordle's exact limited word list, nor a complete scrabble word list, but somewhere in the middle) and scored every word on how popular the letters in it are, not just based on overall letter frequency, but also weighted for letter placement. The outcome of this exercise is that the best single word, the word that is the most similar to all words, is LATER. However, there isn't a great second word to pair with it that has no letter overlap. As a result, I start every game with:
TONES, then
DAIRY, and if I'm still at a loss,
CLUMP
Re: Wordle [Anyone playing Wordle?] spoiler, today’s answer is revealed
I'm hoping someone will come out with a French version. But then, will accented letters -- especially vowels -- be different letters?delamer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 2:06 pmA related article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... ish-favor/VictoriaF wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:29 pmMy point is that in the U.S., favor is a legitimate word, but for someone in the U.K., it does not make sense because they use favour. And so I'm curious if people around the world get the same daily word and whether everybody must assume American spelling.MidwestMike wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:24 pmThe creator stated he doesn’t want it too hard and is not using obscure words. His database contains approximately 2400 words.
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There was a piece about Wordle on NPR's The World last night, which mentioned that people have created versions for other languages.GerryL wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 4:11 pmI'm hoping someone will come out with a French version. But then, will accented letters -- especially vowels -- be different letters?delamer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 2:06 pmA related article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... ish-favor/VictoriaF wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:29 pmMy point is that in the U.S., favor is a legitimate word, but for someone in the U.K., it does not make sense because they use favour. And so I'm curious if people around the world get the same daily word and whether everybody must assume American spelling.MidwestMike wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:24 pmThe creator stated he doesn’t want it too hard and is not using obscure words. His database contains approximately 2400 words.
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Wordle in Spanish: https://www.ruetir.com/2022/01/13/how-t ... hion-game/
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