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Re:Nearly Cheating by pc86 on Saturday November 25, 2023 @10:05AM (#38413947)
The chance that he will "win" in one guess in the future is 100%. Not so when you choose random words.
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Re:Nearly Cheating by burke on Saturday November 25, 2023 @10:57AM (#38414282)
I mean, the difference between these two is a mathematical technicality. For all practical purposes it’s the same thing.
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Re:Nearly Cheating by rscrawfo on Saturday November 25, 2023 @11:48AM (#38414607)
The chances that he wins on any given day are the same, but not that he will win within x days. Right?
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Re:Nearly Cheating by ghaff on Saturday November 25, 2023 @02:31PM (#38415918)
Not really.

There are legal (good) unusual starting words that it’s a good bet are not in the set of Wordle answers.

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