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[Technology] Anyone else playing Wordle?



MJsGhost

Oooh Matron, I'm an
NSC Patron
Jun 26, 2009
5,030
East
Now I'm clear of spoilers, I'd like to give a word of thanks to my trusty driver - my go-to club off the tee, which has brought me laughs, frustration (I'm still bitter about sha*e) and then yesterday's ace!

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She was still the first club out of the bag on the tee this morning, even though there was no chance of the same word twice in a row (though they'll probably do that sometime, won't they?).

A 3 for me today. Average 3.76, current streak 33
 






Si Gull

Way Down South
Mar 18, 2008
4,690
On top of the world
Something that's been niggling me for a while..... Isn't the 'easy' mode more skillful than the 'hard' mode? In instances such as MJsGhost's second example above, the hard mode leaves you no option but to guess, whereas in the easy mode you can use skill to rule out letters by using 'sacrifice' words. So the hard mode is only hard because it replaces the skill of deduction with the lottery of guessing. Weird.
 




MJsGhost

Oooh Matron, I'm an
NSC Patron
Jun 26, 2009
5,030
East
Something that's been niggling me for a while..... Isn't the 'easy' mode more skillful than the 'hard' mode? In instances such as MJsGhost's second example above, the hard mode leaves you no option but to guess, whereas in the easy mode you can use skill to rule out letters by using 'sacrifice' words. So the hard mode is only hard because it replaces the skill of deduction with the lottery of guessing. Weird.

Having the opportunity to whittle down the options through guesses not including the yellows & greens already uncovered DOES make it easier to avoid a fail, whereas hard mode does make it a lottery in some instances (like my shake fail).

It's definitely harder, but I agree that it seems weird that 'harder' means relying on luck rather than requiring more skill.

Where more skill is required, is thinking up guesses which cover the most letters to rule in/out AND still re-use the green(s) & yellow(s) in the preceding guess AND are valid words. It's only where 4 tiles are green/yellow that guesswork kicks in.

I remain BITTER about sha*e :rant:
 




murciagull

Well-known member
Nov 27, 2006
886
Murcia
1st chance to average below 4.
but 5 today
Average 4.01
Streak 89 100%
 




CP 0 3 BHA

Well-known member
Nov 28, 2003
2,258
Northants
Now I'm clear of spoilers, I'd like to give a word of thanks to my trusty driver - my go-to club off the tee, which has brought me laughs, frustration (I'm still bitter about sha*e) and then yesterday's ace!

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She was still the first club out of the bag on the tee this morning, even though there was no chance of the same word twice in a row (though they'll probably do that sometime, won't they?).

A 3 for me today. Average 3.76, current streak 33

THEIR GRIMY PRICK has a certain poetry to it!
 






DavidinSouthampton

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jan 3, 2012
17,357
The problem is that there were two words, that were wrong, that I preferred before I got it :smile:

Blind prejudice. Wordism rears its ugly head! Down with this sort of thing……

But I know exactly what you mean from past experience:):)
 


Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
16,062
Three today – a bit of a fluke caused by using a word to get an idea of possible letters!

Ave: 3.79
Streak: 75
 








Nitram

Well-known member
Jul 16, 2013
2,268
Wordle 276 2/6

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34 average 3.74
 














Hugo Rune

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Feb 23, 2012
23,695
Brighton
FFS.

Eagle chance but it turned into a bogey as my 6ft putts kept missing!!

Wordle 276 5/6

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