Show HN: A Wordle for the command line (Spanish and English)
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Re: Show HN: A Wordle for the command line (Spanish and English)
#2Neat! One thing that has interested me about this game is whether or not there is an optimal first word. Is there is a word that contains the 5 letters which most commonly appear in the language? Preferably where more of the letters appear at their most common index? If so it seems one should use this word as the first guess each time given we have no other information other than the length of the word.
Re: Show HN: A Wordle for the command line (Spanish and English)
#3Cool! Linking to the dictionary definition of the word is a nice touch :)
Re: Show HN: A Wordle for the command line (Spanish and English)
#4Neat! One thing that has interested me about this game is whether or not there is an optimal first word. Is there is a word that contains the 5 letters which most commonly appear in the language? Preferably where more of the letters appear at their most common index? If so it seems one should use this word as the first guess each time given we have no other information other than the length of the word.
There's been a lot of research into finding the optimal strategy to beat Wordle; I've avoided reading up on them so far because I enjoy the process of casually figuring it out with my friends, but I think many of them have been posted to this forum.
Re: Show HN: A Wordle for the command line (Spanish and English)
#5Cool! I’d recommend tweaking the dictionary a bit though … here are the first 5 words in the English one:
aahed aalii aargh abaca abaci
I don’t think I would ever think of putting in any of those words, so if that was the solution, I’d just be stuck. (Are they actually real words?)
Re: Show HN: A Wordle for the command line (Spanish and English)
#6Cool! I’d recommend tweaking the dictionary a bit though … here are the first 5 words in the English one: aahed aalii aargh abaca abaci I don’t think I would ever think of putting in any of those words, so if that was the solution, I’d just be stuck. (Are they actually real words?)
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Re: Show HN: A Wordle for the command line (Spanish and English)
#7Neat! One thing that has interested me about this game is whether or not there is an optimal first word. Is there is a word that contains the 5 letters which most commonly appear in the language? Preferably where more of the letters appear at their most common index? If so it seems one should use this word as the first guess each time given we have no other information other than the length of the word.
RSTLNE are the letters people use for the final game in wheel of fortune. I'd assume a word made of those letters would be pretty good.
I use one that involves your eyes, but there are probably others.
Re: Show HN: A Wordle for the command line (Spanish and English)
#8Neat! One thing that has interested me about this game is whether or not there is an optimal first word. Is there is a word that contains the 5 letters which most commonly appear in the language? Preferably where more of the letters appear at their most common index? If so it seems one should use this word as the first guess each time given we have no other information other than the length of the word.
A word with three vowels to start would probably give many tells
Re: Show HN: A Wordle for the command line (Spanish and English)
#9Neat! One thing that has interested me about this game is whether or not there is an optimal first word. Is there is a word that contains the 5 letters which most commonly appear in the language? Preferably where more of the letters appear at their most common index? If so it seems one should use this word as the first guess each time given we have no other information other than the length of the word.
Someone who wrote a solver said the optimal starting word is ROATE, since it had a bunch of vowels etc.
Re: Show HN: A Wordle for the command line (Spanish and English)
#10Neat! One thing that has interested me about this game is whether or not there is an optimal first word. Is there is a word that contains the 5 letters which most commonly appear in the language? Preferably where more of the letters appear at their most common index? If so it seems one should use this word as the first guess each time given we have no other information other than the length of the word.
RSTLNE are the letters people use for the final game in wheel of fortune. I'd assume a word made of those letters would be pretty good. I use one that involves your eyes, but there are probably others.
Those letters are probably the best if you’re limited to a single vowel, but there are vowels that are more common than some of those letters. As I posted in another comment, I saw someone who wrote a solver say that the optimal starting word is ROATE.