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[Technology] Anyone else playing Wordle?
- Thread starter Bakero
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- Jan 3, 2012
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I’m willing to sacrifice myself that others may continue to enjoy the competition.
that’s the kind of guy I am!
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3,872
A true team player
Not sure how you can 'go for it' or 'play it safe' when all you can do is suggest a word. If it isn't a word, it will be rejected. If it is the correct word, game over.Wordle 679 4/6
went for it second go, rather than playing it safe .
didn’t work out but there’s nothing wrong with the size of my balls.
Or are you referring to some sort of nefarious tactic of using already-rejected letters to smoke out other correct letters?
Deleted member 37369
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- Aug 21, 2018
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Crucially … is hard mode on?!
I just checked my setup and hard mode is not on, but I never deviate from the modality of hardness. I will flick it over to super hard bastard mode for tomorrow.
Nobody likes a cheat.
Birdie
Current Streak: 11
Max Streak: 463
Average: 3.67
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Current Streak: 11
Max Streak: 463
Average: 3.67
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Wordle 679 4/6
First time I can remember having 5 yellows.
411 / 3.64
2023: 119 / 3.57
First time I can remember having 5 yellows.
411 / 3.64
2023: 119 / 3.57
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3,872
Looking at the posts, most people are still on easy mode. I think easy mode is only better if you have a xxa AxE type pattern where you have so many possibilities that a fail is definitely on the cards in hard mode. In easy mode you can sacrifice a go or two to work out the missing letters
If only....if only....if only I understood what you mean.
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3,872
Sorry, I will change my explanation to easy mode next time
Hughton wordle - using entirely different letters in second go (writing off getting word second go, but increasing chances of third). Effectively playing it safe and taking the point.
De Zerbi wordle - attacking the second go if you get maybe a green and a green/yellow, accepting that if it doesn’t come off you’ve wasted a couple of letter opportunities.
Horses for courses of course, but I now favour Hughton approach more often than I used to.
Deleted member 37369
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The problem with sacrificing a go or two though is that you're very unlikely to complete Wordle in 3 - which is always my aim when I start!
We have a small group that shares results. It's obvious that one of the group uses 'easy' mode as you can see that they are not always using 'correct' letters next go. Using 'easy' mode is like having all the VAR decisions go your way
I've always used 'hard' mode for Wordle ... but also play Quordle where I use three starting words - using all the vowels + S + Y. Sometimes though, after two goes, I am tempted to go for one of the words rather than play my third starting word ... and then regret it ... like today
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3,872
The problem with sacrificing a go or two though is that you're very unlikely to complete Wordle in 3 - which is always my aim when I start!
We have a small group that shares results. It's obvious that one of the group uses 'easy' mode as you can see that they are not always using 'correct' letters next go. Using 'easy' mode is like having all the VAR decisions go your way
I've always used 'hard' mode for Wordle ... but also play Quordle where I use three starting words - using all the vowels + S + Y. Sometimes though, after two goes, I am tempted to go for one of the words rather than play my third starting word ... and then regret it ... like today
@heavysoul - I agree which is why I use hard mode - it is the risk/reward de Zerbi option. Although very few who play on easy mode actually do so in order to gain an advantage, and use the strategy of trying out different words.
To be honest, I need an extra hard mode to stop Yellows being re-used in the same column. The amount of times I have done that by playing too quickly and cursed myself for effectively wasting a go afterwards...
- Jun 20, 2021
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Sorry - not at work today, so late logging on!
Anyway, I wasn't worth waiting for.... Over keen on the fifth row and didn't read my letters right.
Wordle 679 6/6
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3,872
I think @Papak and @DavidinSouthampton in particular would disagree that your result wasn't worth waiting for.Sorry - not at work today, so late logging on!
Anyway, I wasn't worth waiting for.... Over keen on the fifth row and didn't read my letters right.
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Hard luck @Bodian , I am afraid that sees you eliminated from the competition.
20 players remaining.
| Name | 28/04 | 29/04 |
| Badger Boy | 5 | 4 |
| Bakero | 3 | 4 |
| Bedsex | 4 | 3 |
| Bodian | 4 | 6 |
| BrightonCottager | 4 | 3 |
| Cotton Socks | 4 | 4 |
| DavidinSouthampton | 5 | 5 |
| Dinner with Gotsmanov | 3 | 3 |
| DJ Nobo | 4 | 4 |
| Frutos | 5 | 3 |
| Harry Wilson's tackle | 6 | 3 |
| JJ McClure | 4 | 4 |
| One Teddy Maybank | 4 | 3 |
| Ooh it's a corner | 5 | 4 |
| Papak | 5 | 5 |
| SeagullsoverLondon | 4 | 3 |
| Simster | x | x |
| Surrey Jim | 3 | 3 |
| The Brighton Bear | 4 | 3 |
| The Oldman | 3 | 3 |
| Thunder Bolt | 4 | 4 |
| Titanic | 4 | 4 |
Boo. BOO!
Si Gull
Way Down South
I play in 'easy mode' as, when there's one of those multiple option answers, I prefer the challenge of thinking of useful sacrificial words rather than just guessing, which always feels a bit sh!t.
Correct. But on easy mode all the decisions are about whether the other team has scored or not.The problem with sacrificing a go or two though is that you're very unlikely to complete Wordle in 3 - which is always my aim when I start!
We have a small group that shares results. It's obvious that one of the group uses 'easy' mode as you can see that they are not always using 'correct' letters next go. Using 'easy' mode is like having all the VAR decisions go your way
I've always used 'hard' mode for Wordle ... but also play Quordle where I use three starting words - using all the vowels + S + Y. Sometimes though, after two goes, I am tempted to go for one of the words rather than play my third starting word ... and then regret it ... like today
See, I did work it out eventually. I play the game correctly, but my luck is poor. And the more I practice, the worse my luck. A sort or inverted Gary Player.