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Re: Binary Wordle

#121

Post by tonmoy » Wed, Jun 04, 2025, 6:16 PM UTC

dskloet wrote: post #115

brookst wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Odds in one attempt: 1 in 32 Odds in two attempts: 1 in 1

Your odds add up to more than 1.

Odds of getting it within 2 attempts is 1. Odds of getting it on exactly the second attempt is 31/32

Re: Binary Wordle

#122

Post by freedomben » Wed, Jun 04, 2025, 6:18 PM UTC

a3w wrote: post #65

patrakov wrote: post #2

Step 1: Guess 00000. Step 2: Replace all grey cells with 1s.

I think I saw a two. There is no such thing as a two, Bender!

There should be a 1 in 1,000 chance that a two slips in to one of the puzzles, and then can't be reproduced.

Re: Binary Wordle

#123

Post by sashank_1509 » Wed, Jun 04, 2025, 6:41 PM UTC

AmsterErdo wrote: post #66

I think I don't get it... since it's binary, it can always be guessed in two attempts?

I’m glad I figured that out after my first attempt. I feel smart lol.

Re: Binary Wordle

#124

Post by gowld » Wed, Jun 04, 2025, 7:07 PM UTC

tylerchr wrote: post #42

My wife took one look at this and said “It’s not Wordle if it’s all binary—it’s Digitle.”

It's not Wordle because because it's only 5 bits. There are no remotely common 5-bit word systems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_(computer_architecture)#T...

Re: Binary Wordle

#125

Post by pteetor » Wed, Jun 04, 2025, 7:10 PM UTC

dskloet wrote: post #115

brookst wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Odds in one attempt: 1 in 32 Odds in two attempts: 1 in 1

Your odds add up to more than 1.

Probabilities sum to 1.0. Odds don't sum.

Re: Binary Wordle

#126

Post by gowld » Wed, Jun 04, 2025, 7:13 PM UTC

Aissen wrote: post #36

I love that someone went all the way to write and publish this joke. Keep hacking!

1 minute and 2 1-sentence prompts: https://g.co/gemini/share/a14f3f1b1c1c

Gemini self-improved version (added the "Hint" and "What could it mean?" features): https://g.co/gemini/share/05c8cce3b2ff

Re: Binary Wordle

#127

Post by b0a04gl » Wed, Jun 04, 2025, 7:29 PM UTC

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Re: Binary Wordle

#128

Post by NooneAtAll3 » Wed, Jun 04, 2025, 8:02 PM UTC

meindnoch wrote: post #107

It's not wordle. It's bytle.

bittle?

Re: Binary Wordle

#129

Post by NooneAtAll3 » Wed, Jun 04, 2025, 8:05 PM UTC

recently I encountered a game that had "wordle, but with numbers" as one of its puzzles

https://semenar.itch.io/lost-in-space

Re: Binary Wordle

#130

Post by flysand7 » Wed, Jun 04, 2025, 8:14 PM UTC

selcuka wrote: post #82

layer8 wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_(computer_architecture)

5 bits would be a weird size for a word.

Knuth's "Art of Programming" had a hypothetical machine with 5-bit words.