Re:Winning Wordle
by behnamoh on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @07:49PM
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Wordle is the only thing I haven't tried to outsmart by learning about its math, programming, and tricks that increase your chance of winning. I think those things take away all the joy that I get from Wordle.
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Meh, the math doesn't really check out, for the human experience. Specifically, it only really works if you have all of the candidate words memorized.
That is, you can have fun with the analysis and with playing the game as a human.
I'm interested to know how things change if you require hard mode.
Re:Winning Wordle
by maxerickson on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @08:53PM
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The word list doesn't matter a lot. https://www.bestwordlist.com/edit.htm?/5letterwords.txt has a generic word list and illustrates how fast it shrinks as information is revealed.
It matters for the precise statements these analysis papers are making.
That is, the math is clearly accurate and describes how you can do with perfect knowledge. If you want to grade yourself against that, by all means consider it. For casual play, though, these numbers are not at all a reflection on what your rates will be.
Re:Winning Wordle
by drowning_sushi on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @08:02PM
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Completely agree. Wordle is fun without the hyper-analysis