Wordle Is a Love Story

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Post by jsvine » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 12:56 PM UTC

Wordle Is a Love Story
nytimes.com

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#2

Post by ChrisArchitect » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 6:52 PM UTC

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29784601

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Post by wffurr » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 6:54 PM UTC

“It’s not trying to do anything shady with your data or your eyeballs. It’s just a game that’s fun.”

Love it.

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Post by wenc » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 7:36 PM UTC

What’s your optimal 5-letter starting word?

Mine is HOUSE. It has 3 vowels (including E which is the most frequent in the English language) and S which helps test for plurals.

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Post by vishnugupta » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 7:46 PM UTC

This is an easier version of Bulls & Cows [1] game I played in college during boring classes.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulls_and_Cows

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Post by bradleybuda » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 7:46 PM UTC

wenc wrote: post #4

What’s your optimal 5-letter starting word? Mine is HOUSE. It has 3 vowels (including E which is the most frequent in the English language) and S which helps test for plurals.

I like TRAIL - no "E", but the next two big vowels and TRL are very good consonants

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Post by deniska » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 7:47 PM UTC

wenc wrote: post #4

What’s your optimal 5-letter starting word? Mine is HOUSE. It has 3 vowels (including E which is the most frequent in the English language) and S which helps test for plurals.

Last couple times I started with the word which rhymes with "tennis".

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Post by slg » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 7:47 PM UTC

I tried this game the last couple of days and I don't get the appeal. There is some skill involved, but there is also a huge amount of luck. For example yesterday I had "ti_er". I guessed "timer" but the actual word was "tiger". That left me with a score of 5 instead of 4. Does that say anything about my skill level as a player? Honestly, this seems to mostly be a marketing success story about the sharing score functionality and how that led to virality on Twitter.

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Post by rusbus » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 7:48 PM UTC

wenc wrote: post #4

What’s your optimal 5-letter starting word? Mine is HOUSE. It has 3 vowels (including E which is the most frequent in the English language) and S which helps test for plurals.

the optimal 5 letter starting work is SERAI (as computed by someone's AI)

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Post by stewx » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 7:51 PM UTC

deniska wrote: post #7

wenc wrote: post #4

What’s your optimal 5-letter starting word? Mine is HOUSE. It has 3 vowels (including E which is the most frequent in the English language) and S which helps test for plurals.

Last couple times I started with the word which rhymes with "tennis".

The only word I can think of that rhymes with "tennis" is "menace". That's 6 letters. But I think I know what you meant.