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I'm curious if you could write a program that would always get it correct.
Doubtful, if you limit it to just six guesses you'll eventually get into a situation where you know 4 of 5 letters but some obscure first one will ruin it. Like... even after the first guess if you get _INGS with all 4 in the right spot, you'll have to guess through KINGS RINGS WINGS SINGS DINGS and it'll go "Nope sorry it was PINGS or ZINGS this whole time!"I'm curious if you could write a program that would always get it correct.
Doubtful, if you limit it to just six guesses you'll eventually get into a situation where you know 4 of 5 letters but some obscure first one will ruin it. Like... even after the first guess if you get _INGS with all 4 in the right spot, you'll have to guess through KINGS RINGS WINGS SINGS DINGS and it'll go "Nope sorry it was PINGS or ZINGS this whole time!"
I use STERN as my starting word. Figured the RSTLNE from Wheel of Fortune is a good bet for letters.
DARTS may make more senseRinger article also mentioned using FARTS as the opening line. It is not a bad one, honestly.
I would guess yes.I'm curious if you could write a program that would always get it correct.
Taser is my go to start wordRinger article also mentioned using FARTS as the opening line. It is not a bad one, honestly.
+2+1 I'm using this strategy (for the two days I've done it) and got today's in 3.
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today went
TASER - r in wrong position
BROIL - used r in new position, correct and now I in wrong position
DRINK - kept R, moved I, knew it did not end in e, so added consonants. Correct word.
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today went
TASER - r in wrong position
BROIL - used r in new position, correct and now I in wrong position
DRINK - kept R, moved I, knew it did not end in e, so added consonants. Correct word.
I started with "TIRES" per a suggestion from someone in here.
TIRES
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DRINK
ARISE
CLOUT
DRINK
Nifty, tried it out first time today.
BEAST
FLOUR
DRINK
Me too. What's this WORDLE all about?CletiusMaximus said:PENIS has been working well for me.
I was wondering if British vs. American spelling might be an issue but apparently not.
Failed today for the first time. Didn't get a green until word 4.Damn, today’s was hard. Started with PEARS and won’t ever do that again. Not a horrible start but it seemed to remove some of my second words like pilot or point. Got it on the last one even though I had 0 green letters in the first 5 guesses. Figured out the word. Didn’t think about alternatives but at that point there wasn’t much left.
I have a request - can someone(s) send me a list of 10-20 random 5-letter words?
I was toying around with the idea of an algorithm to be able to solve this every time. I came up with the first 4 words to guess, and have been able to narrow it down to 1 or 2 words for the first set of words I solved for - using wordle rules, and a scrabble dictionary. So, for a computer with a scrabble dictionary, this appears to be very solvable - but, I have only tried this with a very small data set.
ETA - I guess the words don't need to be random - just selected with no bias from me. So, if you think there is a tricky word out there, I'd love to be able to test it.
I have a request - can someone(s) send me a list of 10-20 random 5-letter words?
I was toying around with the idea of an algorithm to be able to solve this every time. I came up with the first 4 words to guess, and have been able to narrow it down to 1 or 2 words for the first set of words I solved for - using wordle rules, and a scrabble dictionary. So, for a computer with a scrabble dictionary, this appears to be very solvable - but, I have only tried this with a very small data set.
ETA - I guess the words don't need to be random - just selected with no bias from me. So, if you think there is a tricky word out there, I'd love to be able to test it.
Failed today for the first time. Didn't get a green until word 4.Damn, today’s was hard. Started with PEARS and won’t ever do that again. Not a horrible start but it seemed to remove some of my second words like pilot or point. Got it on the last one even though I had 0 green letters in the first 5 guesses. Figured out the word. Didn’t think about alternatives but at that point there wasn’t much left.
I tried the Gator/RHE/hags method today, but then panicked in the middle when it wasn't working for me and reverted to my other process. Not a good idea. Didn't get a green letter until word 5, but luckily was able to suss out the answer with word 6. When it takes you six to be correct, it says "Whew" at you.
Yes, today was the toughest I've had (only played on the site for 6 days). From my starting 3 words (THOSE BRAIN LUMPY) I only got 3 yellows, my 4th didn't generate any green, but placed 3 green on try 5 which made the the final guess easy. "Whew" indeedI tried the Gator/RHE/hags method today, but then panicked in the middle when it wasn't working for me and reverted to my other process. Not a good idea. Didn't get a green letter until word 5, but luckily was able to suss out the answer with word 6. When it takes you six to be correct, it says "Whew" at you.
That was one of my last guesses...I tried the Gator/RHE/hags method today, but then panicked in the middle when it wasn't working for me and reverted to my other process. Not a good idea. Didn't get a green letter until word 5, but luckily was able to suss out the answer with word 6. When it takes you six to be correct, it says "Whew" at you.
xenon - think this counts
zaddy - maybe slang?
I'm thinking any word with a very rare letter and then also a double letter could maybe trick it up. But again, not sure and why I asked earlier. Glad you are on the case.
It took me four today and I kind of messed up with my third guess by placing a letter in a position I already knew it didn't go. I don't think it made a difference though, because that guess also eliminated a number of consonants that I needed to figure it out. I did take a good four or five minutes before deciding on the fourth word.I tried the Gator/RHE/hags method today, but then panicked in the middle when it wasn't working for me and reverted to my other process. Not a good idea. Didn't get a green letter until word 5, but luckily was able to suss out the answer with word 6. When it takes you six to be correct, it says "Whew" at you.
@Sinn Fein - obviously you have to have starter words but are you picking a group of starter words based on some critieria and then having the program randomly pick one or are you giving it rules and then it randomly selected one from the dictionary or do you just have 1-n starter words picked out?
For the second word - kind of same thing.
xenon only choice after 4 guessesxenon - think this counts
It does not tell you, - unless you use S twice in your guess. It will simply tell you if the S you selected is in the correct place, or not.I only played the actual game one time so I didn't think you could use letters more than once... so my list obviously didn't include any double letters. How does the WORDLE UI handle that? For example if the word is PRESS, do you know the S is used twice?
Yeah - I wanted to touch base on that - for a computing solution, I have opted to go with the @Ramsay Hunt Experience approach - and get as many letters guessed as I can, and then let the computer (right now I am still doing it on a spread sheet, so no coding or database yet, which would make it infinitely faster...)
The first four guesses:
Wurst
Defog
*****
Amply
That gets 20 unique letters, and 19 of the top-20 in the frequency chart.
BJQVXZ are the unused letters, with B in the top-20, in place of K
It also gives the computer a little bit more information, both correct placement, and incorrect placement - to narrow down the possibilities.