*** OFFICIAL *** Wordle Thread

[Dan Druff]

Who has gotten into this Wordle fad?

It's actually kinda fun and doesn't take long.

If you haven't heard of it, Wordle is a game where you guess a 5-letter word by first just outright guessing at one, and then they give you hints based upon the letters you entered. If the letter turns green, it's in the right position. If the letter turns yellow, it's in the word but in a different spot. If the letter turns gray, it's not in the word.

You are supposed to enter real 5-letter words each time, not just hammer out 5-letter combos like RSTLNE.

There is only one Wordle per day, and it's the same for everyone.


Here's where you play: https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/

I've been playing it and doing fairly well. Here are some tips from what I can tell:

- Start out with a word with two vowels (but not E), and three consonants out of R. T, L, and N. I have found TRAIN is the best starting word. TRAIL is another one which is also good.

- On the second guess, if you still don't have a vowel, or it looks like a second vowel is there, pick a word with an E. Also see if you can get an S in there.

- See if you can guess missing letters by the one preceding it. For example, if you have a green M in the 4th spot, and all the vowels are used, then there are only a few letters which can follow M (for example, it's not going to end with MD, MQ, MC, MR, etc).

- Avoid duplicating letters in your guesses.

- With that said, the hardest ones have a double letter or a second letter, so if you're stumped, you might want to try that if it makes sense.

You get 6 tries. The best I've done is 2 (a few times), and I've taken 6 tries twice. Usually I get it in 3-4.

It gives you the word of the day based upon your time zone. You can manipulate this to see it early or late. Tonga is 21 hours ahead of Los Angeles, and American Samoa is 3 hours behind. This can actually allow you at one point to play 3 Wordles within a few minutes, by being in American Samoa shortly before 3am PST, then in your home time zone after 3am PST, and then in Tonga right after that.


Please do NOT post the answer for the current day, or even the previous day until it's 3am PST or later.

[BCR]

Cool suggestion. Had never seen it. Got today’s word on 3 tries using your train to start. Just kind of guessed as second try didn’t give any more letters than first.

[limitles]

Try Srabble

[jsearles22]

I also had never tried this. I got todays in 5 tries. I definitely can see where using a few words like train and then flout to place a misplaced T and knockout most the vowels gives you a big head start.

[Crowe Diddly]

Wordle is a super easy game, that's why it's so popular. Play it on hard mode, at least.


Here's an archive of previous games. https://www.devangthakkar.com/wordle_archive/?225

[Sandwich]

Family and I have been playing wordle for the past few weeks.... Next, try Evil Wordle, which changes the word until your guesses make it run out of options.... Very difficult to get 5 or less! https://swag.github.io/evil-wordle/

[Peter Binklage]

Fun game. I remember grinding a similar game we got from one of those "101 games for windows 95" CDs as a kid.

[Dan Druff]

Wordle is a super easy game, that's why it's so popular. Play it on hard mode, at least.


Here's an archive of previous games. https://www.devangthakkar.com/wordle_archive/?225

I didn't know about hard mode.

I googled it, and found this description: https://www.polygon.com/guides/22901...mode-word-game

Under the normal rules of Wordle, you can guess any word at any time. In hard mode, you can use any word to start, but are then restricted on subsequent guesses by the hints. For example, if my first guess was “GAMES” and I got yellow tiles for the letters G, A, and S, then I would have to include those letters in my next guess. I couldn’t guess “VIDEO,” but I could guess “SAGGY,” since the word saggy contains the letters G, A, and S.

The good news is that I was already playing in a self-imposed hard mode.

[AhoosierA]

I've currently played 23 of them and have a 87% win streak.

Another fun game that is similar to wordle, and is based off the game, is "nerdle"

Same concept, except it's math based.

https://nerdlegame.com/

[Belly Buster]

https://www.lewdlegame.com/

[Dan Druff]

Josh Wardle, the creator of Wordle, sold it to the NY Times for "low 7 figures".

Nice payout for something which required relatively little effort to create. However, it's possible he could have held out for more. Probably could have been monetized in several ways.

https://ew.com/gaming/wordle-sold-to-new-york-times/

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[1marley1]

I've currently played 23 of them and have a 87% win streak.

Another fun game that is similar to wordle, and is based off the game, is "nerdle"

Same concept, except it's math based.

https://nerdlegame.com/

nerdlegame 14 5/6

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[BCR]

Getting worse every day.

3-4-5 guesses over 3 days. Says I’ve won all three for 100% Who am I playing? Just getting it in required guesses?

One of these days it will be train and we’ll get a gimme.

[Dan Druff]

Getting worse every day.

3-4-5 guesses over 3 days. Says I’ve won all three for 100% Who am I playing? Just getting it in required guesses?

One of these days it will be train and we’ll get a gimme.

I got 3 last 2 days. 5 the day before even though I got 3 greens on guess 3. Fail.

If I get impatient I might move to Tonga in an hour and brave all the damage.

[Dan Druff]

This is a "Wordle coaching" site, which helps you see what they claim is the optimal strategy each day.

They start with the word RAISE, as opposed to TRAIN which I use.

It was written by poker & blackjack player Andy Bloch.

https://wordlv.com/