[Technology] Anyone else playing Wordle?

[The Brighton Bear]

Wordle 967 5/6







What a terrible effort

Played 749
Streak 487
Average 3.77

2024 Average 3.69

Don't worry, you were playing me.

Wordle 967 5/6*







Average: 3.91
Streak: 116
Longest Streak: 149
Played: 775

2024 Average: 3.67

 

[Bedsex]

Don't worry, you were playing me.

Wordle 967 5/6*







Average: 3.91
Streak: 116
Longest Streak: 149
Played: 775

2024 Average: 3.67

You’d pay good money to watch a 5-5 draw

 

[Frutos]

Eagle - lucky guess, must have been dozens of options at least.

Streak: 299

Average: 3.61

Wordle 967 2/6

 

[Papak]

I cannot get out of this rut of 4s:

Wordle 967 4/6*

 

[JJ McClure]

Another draw for me then.

I'm winless after 3 so already going to be a struggle to get through to the next round.

 

[pasty]

Wordle 967 4/6

 

[Bodian]

Wordle 967 4/6

If I'm going to lose, might as well lose in style...

Wordle 967 6/6

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

If I'm going to lose, might as well lose in style...

Wordle 967 6/6

Took a bit of a pasting from a pasty, so to speak.

 

[Bakero]

Wordle 967 3/6*





3.46

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Disaster. My first 6 for months, just as the contest has begun. My experiment at doing Wordle during the day rather than at midnight has failed!
Wordle 967 6/6








In my defence, there was some bad luck here. Every single line had valid alternatives and it was a question of having to randomly pick one over another. Wordle at its most annoying. Ah well. Time to put this one behind me and plough on. We go again!

 

[Colonel Mustard]

If I'm going to lose, might as well lose in style...

Wordle 967 6/6

Made me feel slightly better, thanks @Bodian!

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Wordle 967 3/6*





An honourable draw @Thunder Bolt

 

[Colonel Mustard]

I don't think there are any "official" rules on NSC, except obviously no looking for clues before starting your Wordle, and I think using word solvers to fill in missing letters would be frowned upon.
However, given that some of us have memories slightly worse than Joe Biden, (apart from being able to recall in great detail every goal scored by Booby Zamora at the Withdean and what they ate at halftime) it is generally accepted that looking at past answers is ok. Clearly, that does give an advantage for those who use the lists, compared to those that don't, but as people are open about what they do, I would say it is ok.

Downright cheating I'd call that.

'Looking at past answers' OTOH was a game changer for me. It never occurred to me to do this until after I'd finished bottom of the last competition. I was quite miffed especially as I think of myself as a bit of a wordsmith type (used to work as an editor). In trying to explain it, I raised the topic of checking previous solutions (something I'd never done) but as no one responded to my post on the question of whether or not it was allowed, I came to the conclusion that I was probably the only person not doing it. Needless to say that my scores have improved significantly since then (apart from today's 6!) As the number of 5-letter words dwindles, Wordle is therefore getting easier.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

2024 stats
147/41 so 3.59

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Downright cheating I'd call that.

'Looking at past answers' OTOH was a game changer for me. It never occurred to me to do this until after I'd finished bottom of the last competition. I was quite miffed especially as I think of myself as a bit of a wordsmith type (used to work as an editor). In trying to explain it, I raised the topic of checking previous solutions (something I'd never done) but as no one responded to my post on the question of whether or not it was allowed, I came to the conclusion that I was probably the only person not doing it. Needless to say that my scores have improved significantly since then (apart from today's 6!) As the number of 5-letter words dwindles, Wordle is therefore getting easier.

Please don't sit on the fence
For me I sometimes check the past answers just because of what I would call false memory syndrome. You remember playing a word before, but can't quite remember whether it was the solution or not.
Today, I was convinced the solution had been played before so on the second go went for a different word (which was actually an anagram) When 2 greens and three yellows came up the solution became obvious.

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Cup Update
Today's results

Sunday	11/02/2024
@Bodian	6	@pasty	4
@SeagullsoverLondon	3	@Bakero	3
@Frutos	2	@DavidinSouthampton	3
@Cotton Socks	3	@The Oldman	3
@Guinness Boy	3	@JJ McClure	3
@BrightonCottager	4	@Colonel Mustard	6
@The Brighton Bear	5	@Bedsex	5
@Thunder Bolt	3	@Ooh it’s a corner	3

Still quite tight, only @BrightonCottager has actually won more than 1 game, so all to play for over the next week or so.

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Tomorrow's fixtures

Monday	12/02/2024
@pasty		@One Teddy Maybank
@Bakero		@Bodian
@DavidinSouthampton		@Harry Wilson's tackle
@The Oldman		@Frutos
@JJ McClure		@Dinner with Gotsmanov
@Colonel Mustard		@Guinness Boy
@Bedsex		@Papak
@Ooh it’s a corner		@The Brighton Bear

All of the tables and fixtures available here: Fixtures and Tables

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Wordle 967 4/6






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Still not sure about your best streak for 2024 makes sense?

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

League Table

For those interested in the League Table, a good week for many - cup competition forcing players to up their game.

2024 Table

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Well done @SeagullsoverLondon. I think you still need to add my 3-3 draw today to my league record(in the Cup) - how you keep up with all this is remarkable!