Wordle? - Page 3

retina · 2022-01-13, 04:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaurV

Edit: if you do that (i.e. sorting sowpods in excel), be careful of this: <snip>

Same is true for dates and leading zeros in phone numbers.

Always import in text format. Don't let it auto detect (or whatever it calls it) the contents.

MattcAnderson · 2022-01-13, 06:36

From January 9th 2022
Originally Posted by Xyzzy
https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/

to quote tServo -
An interesting game.
Kinda like "Mastermind" with letters.

Hi all,
I won a game in 5 guesses.
Might try again. It is fun.
Matt

Uncwilly · 2022-01-13, 14:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaurV

We got the one today quite right from 4 trials (the fact that it started with A helped, hehe)

Today's word demonstrated that I made an incorrect assumption: words can repeat letters. I assumed otherwise.

Xyzzy · 2022-01-13, 15:05

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xilman · 2022-01-13, 15:11

Got it in three today.

firejuggler · 2022-01-13, 16:23

for some reason I always forget the Y is widely used in english

Uncwilly · 2022-01-13, 19:10

Just a note for those playing along at home. It appears to me that it is using your local midnight as the reset time. So be considerate of those in Hawai'i and spoilerize anything that points to answers. Also, be cautious with your images.

LaurV · 2022-01-14, 07:27

Did not get it today.

I reached as far as "taffy" in 5, and eliminated most of the other letters, but there were still plenty of choices after, like taggy, tarry, tammy, tanky, etc, I tried tawny and it gave me the n on the wrong place, so I assume it was tanky or tangy

masser · 2022-01-14, 15:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaurV

Did not get it today.

I reached as far as "taffy" in 5, and eliminated most of the other letters, but there were still plenty of choices after, like taggy, tarry, tammy, tanky, etc, I tried tawny and it gave me the n on the wrong place, so I assume it was tanky or tangy

Nearly the same for me. One of those final two is much more commonly used, so I went with it and was correct.

EdH · 2022-01-14, 15:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

Today's word demonstrated that I made an incorrect assumption: words can repeat letters. I assumed otherwise.

This caught me also yesterday. I suspected it due to running out of potentials, but I didn't have time to verify and had to forego solving it yesterday.

Dr Sardonicus · 2022-01-14, 16:35

I'm not much on this sort of thing, but I did have a go at it on Monday January 10^th. My thought processes were significantly impeded by fever and other cold symptoms. My concentration was shot. But I was curious as to whether I could actually solve the puzzle.

I reckoned the thing to do was to identify the vowels in the word, and try to avoid repeating letters, at least at first.

I was lucky on my first guess, got a vowel that was in the word. I was even luckier on the second guess - I got the letter at the end of the word. But by then I couldn't remember which color square meant "letter in word but not in this position" and which meant "letter in this position in word." After blearing at the screen for a while, I figured out where to click to bring that up.

At some point I also had a consonant in the word, which I was able to place by a subsequent guess.

After five guesses, I had ?U?RY and knew that (at least) one of the ?'s was E. The answer should have been obvious, but I simply stared stupidly at the screen. I couldn't even remember a device I had previously used to construct words with known letters in unknown positions - simply put the known letter in one of the positions, and try filling in the remaining position(s). And in the present instance, there were plenty of gray squares in my guesses, so there weren't many unused letters left. But my mind absolutely refused to function.

So, I resorted to a mindless approach - I tried an online search for five-letter words ending in RY. That yielded a fairly short list, but it was still too much for me to plow through. I did a text search for U. Boom! The word QUERY practically jumped off the screen.

I typed it in as my sixth guess. The letters turned green and danced. A screen with statistics came up. I stared at it uncomprehendingly and then quit.

Can I do this? Yes. Curiosity satisfied. Do I want to? Not especially.

FWIW ideas that popped into my mind while I was playing actually lingered long enough for me to put them into words. One was, in initial guesses, try words with commonly used consonants. If they're not in the word, it probably helps narrow the possibilities significantly.

It also occurred to me that if you know a letter is in the word, but not where, you can use a subsequent guess to try to place it in the word. Even if you don't succeed, you have eliminated more places to put it.

It also occurred to me that the answer was probably a common word. I had actually found EUERY as an archaic rendering of EVERY. I had tentatively rejected it because it seemed awfully obscure, and I didn't know repeated letters were possible. This kept me looking until I found a common word that fit.

I also note that you can't simply enter things like "AEIOU" to find the vowels in a word, or "EEEEE" to find where the letter "E" occurs if you know it's somewhere in the word

So it seems to me that the game has a word list of its own, which it refers to in deciding whether guesses are acceptable. And that would be the word list to use if you want to "optimize" your guesses.

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LaurV Romulan Interpreter "name field" Jun 2011 Thailand 9,973 Posts	Did not get it today. I reached as far as "taffy" in 5, and eliminated most of the other letters, but there were still plenty of choices after, like taggy, tarry, tammy, tanky, etc, I tried tawny and it gave me the n on the wrong place, so I assume it was tanky or tangy Last fiddled with by LaurV on 2022-01-14 at 07:29

2022-01-13, 15:11	#27
xilman Bamboozled! "𒉺𒌌𒇷𒆷𒀭" May 2003 Down not across 11,369 Posts	Got it in three today.

2022-01-13, 16:23	#28
firejuggler "Vincent" Apr 2010 Over the rainbow 5435₈ Posts	for some reason I always forget the Y is widely used in english

2022-01-13, 19:10	#29
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 2·3·5·353 Posts	Just a note for those playing along at home. It appears to me that it is using your local midnight as the reset time. So be considerate of those in Hawai'i and spoilerize anything that points to answers. Also, be cautious with your images.

2022-01-14, 16:35	#33
Dr Sardonicus Feb 2017 Nowhere 1011011000000₂ Posts	I'm not much on this sort of thing, but I did have a go at it on Monday January 10^th. My thought processes were significantly impeded by fever and other cold symptoms. My concentration was shot. But I was curious as to whether I could actually solve the puzzle. I reckoned the thing to do was to identify the vowels in the word, and try to avoid repeating letters, at least at first. I was lucky on my first guess, got a vowel that was in the word. I was even luckier on the second guess - I got the letter at the end of the word. But by then I couldn't remember which color square meant "letter in word but not in this position" and which meant "letter in this position in word." After blearing at the screen for a while, I figured out where to click to bring that up. At some point I also had a consonant in the word, which I was able to place by a subsequent guess. After five guesses, I had ?U?RY and knew that (at least) one of the ?'s was E. The answer should have been obvious, but I simply stared stupidly at the screen. I couldn't even remember a device I had previously used to construct words with known letters in unknown positions - simply put the known letter in one of the positions, and try filling in the remaining position(s). And in the present instance, there were plenty of gray squares in my guesses, so there weren't many unused letters left. But my mind absolutely refused to function. So, I resorted to a mindless approach - I tried an online search for five-letter words ending in RY. That yielded a fairly short list, but it was still too much for me to plow through. I did a text search for U. Boom! The word QUERY practically jumped off the screen. I typed it in as my sixth guess. The letters turned green and danced. A screen with statistics came up. I stared at it uncomprehendingly and then quit. Can I do this? Yes. Curiosity satisfied. Do I want to? Not especially. FWIW ideas that popped into my mind while I was playing actually lingered long enough for me to put them into words. One was, in initial guesses, try words with commonly used consonants. If they're not in the word, it probably helps narrow the possibilities significantly. It also occurred to me that if you know a letter is in the word, but not where, you can use a subsequent guess to try to place it in the word. Even if you don't succeed, you have eliminated more places to put it. It also occurred to me that the answer was probably a common word. I had actually found EUERY as an archaic rendering of EVERY. I had tentatively rejected it because it seemed awfully obscure, and I didn't know repeated letters were possible. This kept me looking until I found a common word that fit. I also note that you can't simply enter things like "AEIOU" to find the vowels in a word, or "EEEEE" to find where the letter "E" occurs if you know it's somewhere in the word So it seems to me that the game has a word list of its own, which it refers to in deciding whether guesses are acceptable. And that would be the word list to use if you want to "optimize" your guesses.