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Nerdle = Like Wordle but with Equations

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Re: Nerdle = Like Wordle but with Equations

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Post by sp332 »

culi wrote: post #10

EDIT: game's over. It's already been done: https://rwmpelstilzchen.gitlab.io/wordles/ Is anyone keeping track? So now we have: *wordlists*: - [wordle]( https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/ ): wordlist picked by creators partner - [byrdle]( https://rbrignall.github.io/byrdle/ ): wordlist has to do with choral music - [lewdle]( https://www.lewdlegame.com ): lewd words - [sweardle]( https://sweardle.com/ ): 4 letter…

If you're including Letterle, you might as well add Horsle where the word is just always "Horse". https://horsle.glitch.me/

Re: Nerdle = Like Wordle but with Equations

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Post by billforsternz »

quietbritishjim wrote: post #96
pierrebai wrote: post #71

I get the same feeling as everyone. There is no point in the game because even a single digit wrong is no clue at all. In my 1st and only attempt, I entered 1 + 2+ 8 = 11 and both pluses, the 2 the 1 and the 8 were right, with only the 2 in the wrong position. And yet that gave zero clue to what the other number was... and it turned out to be another 8, which made finding the solution really luck-based.

As others have said, you can (and often should) make guesses that don't satisfy all the clues you've found so far. That way you can find / eliminate symbols much more quickly. It's funny there are so many people saying how much they hate it. All power to you. But personally I like it way more than Wordle. I basically like the solving part of Wordle but hate the thinking up words aspect. Nerdle fixes that, but the equ…

I prefer the numbers round in Countdown as well, but much (much, much) prefer Wordle to Nerdle. Nerdle is an attempt to make a Wordle for numbers, but to me it just doesn't work. Today I quickly got 2+?+8=1?. Clearly ? can be any digit from 0 to 9. I had four tries left so a 40% chance of winning with no skill involved (I lost incidentally).

Re: Nerdle = Like Wordle but with Equations

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Post by jjnoakes »

billforsternz wrote: post #113
quietbritishjim wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As others have said, you can (and often should) make guesses that don't satisfy all the clues you've found so far. That way you can find / eliminate symbols much more quickly. It's funny there are so many people saying how much they hate it. All power to you. But personally I like it way more than Wordle. I basically like the solving part of Wordle but hate the thinking up words aspect. Nerdle fixes that, but the equ…

I prefer the numbers round in Countdown as well, but much (much, much) prefer Wordle to Nerdle. Nerdle is an attempt to make a Wordle for numbers, but to me it just doesn't work. Today I quickly got 2+?+8=1?. Clearly ? can be any digit from 0 to 9. I had four tries left so a 40% chance of winning with no skill involved (I lost incidentally).

Well first, the ? can't be 1, 2, or 8, right?

And second, you could guess equations without 1, 2, or 8 to narrow down the missing digit in only two more guesses.

Edit: Brain fart on the first part, but I think the second part would have helped within three more guesses.

Re: Nerdle = Like Wordle but with Equations

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Post by mminer237 »

somethingAlex wrote: post #58
lalaland1125 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The trick is making guesses that you know are incorrect to rule out multiple digits at once.

What do you mean by incorrect? The equation has to be valid, according to the rules. At some point I ended up with 2 + + 8 = 1 where x = y because of math. I had 5 guesses left and 8 possibilities. That's just gambling without the money at that point.

He means guess something like: 56+34=90

Then you can see which number turns purple or use 8 if none do.

Re: Nerdle = Like Wordle but with Equations

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Post by billforsternz »

jjnoakes wrote: post #114
billforsternz wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I prefer the numbers round in Countdown as well, but much (much, much) prefer Wordle to Nerdle. Nerdle is an attempt to make a Wordle for numbers, but to me it just doesn't work. Today I quickly got 2+?+8=1?. Clearly ? can be any digit from 0 to 9. I had four tries left so a 40% chance of winning with no skill involved (I lost incidentally).

Well first, the ? can't be 1, 2, or 8, right? And second, you could guess equations without 1, 2, or 8 to narrow down the missing digit in only two more guesses. Edit: Brain fart on the first part, but I think the second part would have helped within three more guesses.

I think the answer was 8, I can't quite remember. Your second point is definitely a good one though, didn't think of that.

Re: Nerdle = Like Wordle but with Equations

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Post by vultour »

nextstep wrote: post #77
pierrebai wrote: post #71

I get the same feeling as everyone. There is no point in the game because even a single digit wrong is no clue at all. In my 1st and only attempt, I entered 1 + 2+ 8 = 11 and both pluses, the 2 the 1 and the 8 were right, with only the 2 in the wrong position. And yet that gave zero clue to what the other number was... and it turned out to be another 8, which made finding the solution really luck-based.

Ha! I played the exact same first game! https://pasteboard.co/NYP4YfnNj0kk.jpg

You could've won if you skipped 5, which was eliminated in the first guess.
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