On Playing Wordle . . .

[sgt1372]

07/17/2023: Wordle 758 4/6






7 choices in 2 but only 1 in 3.

NYT Average: 3.9

07/16/2023: Wordle 757 4/6 TOPAZ

12 choices after 2 and 2 after 3.
The other word was LOATH.

NYT Average: 3.9

 

[Spankster23]

Wordle 758 4/6*

 

[marchone]

Wordle 759 5/6

 

[jlauffer]

Wordle 759 4/6

 

[Richard338]

Wordle 759 6/6

 

[Cvrobinson]

Wordle 759 3/6

 

[r8shell]

Wordle 759 4/6*

 

[madcap_magician]

Wordle 759 3/6*





This actually should have been a two-guess day, after I took my first guess, I had a hard time thinking of a word that used all four of these letters but not in these positions. Went and took a shower, thought of a word, and tried it, but didn't check that all the letter positions were different from my first guess, and lol and behold I overlooked my second yellow letter was the same in my second guess.

 

[JTB_5]

Wordle 759 5/6







Only two possibilities after three (I think), but I chose the wrong one.

 

[sgt1372]

07/18/2023: Wordle 759 4/6






4 choices in 2 and still 2 in 3.
Didn't consider the other choice.

NYT Average: 4.3

I'm in a Par 4 rut. 9 out of the last 10 games were Par 4s.

This seems to be mostly due to the WordleBot's Editor's
choice of words which seem to be chosen deliberately
to allow multiple choices which requires the use of a
word eliminator in step 3 for me.

But, there's no shame in scoring a Par 4 on any puzzle and
FWIW WordleBot (WB) hasn't done much better recently.

According to a new metric that the NYT just started using,
WordleBot & I have the same 3.8 average over the past
14 games & have beaten it 2x's out of 12.

07/17/2023: Wordle 758 4/6 DROOP

7 choices in 2 but only 1 in 3.

NYT Average: 3.9

 

[fishface5]

Oof
Wordle 759 5/6

 

[Spankster23]

Ditto oof
Wordle 759 5/6*

 

[marchone]

Wordle 760 3/6

 

[jlauffer]

Meh

Wordle 760 5/6

 

[Richard338]

Wordle 760 4/6

 

[madcap_magician]

Wordle 760 5/6*







Down to two after three guesses, which I think was pretty good given I got bupkis from my starter, but I then guessed wrong on the coin flip. Sometimes you get the bear...

 

[Cvrobinson]

Wordle 760 3/6

 

[JTB_5]

Wordle 760 3/6

 

[r8shell]

Wordle 759 3/6*





This actually should have been a two-guess day, after I took my first guess, I had a hard time thinking of a word that used all four of these letters but not in these positions. Went and took a shower, thought of a word, and tried it, but didn't check that all the letter positions were different from my first guess, and lol and behold I overlooked my second yellow letter was the same in my second guess.

I hate when that happens.

 

[sgt1372]

07/19.2023: Wordle 760 4/6






13 choices after 2 and still 4 after 3.
Didn't think of the other 3 choices.

NYT Average: 3.7

07/18/2023: Wordle 759 4/6 FLYER

4 choices in 2 and still 2 in 3.
Didn't consider the other choice
which was FRYER.

NYT Average: 4.3