On Playing Wordle . . .

Yep, I sometimes use that as a starter word, but obviously not today lol
 
Rick Roehrig said:
I have a few starter words, it was just chance that I chose that one this morning. It could have looked like this: ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛.
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I only use my 2 starter words now because, after experimenting w/different words when I 1st started playing the game, I found that varying the words just created too much variability in my scores, which were higher than they are now.

You don't have to use the same words that I use but I think you need to be consistent in your use of starter words in order to develop a consistent solution strategy.

WordleBot, for example, only (or almost always) uses SLATE as it's starter word but varies it's 2nd.

However, it's choice of the 2nd words just seems too good to be true or at least something a human being couldn't likely replicate because there doesn't seem to be any underlying logic to it. So, while I find WordleBot's solutions of interest, I don't put too much stock in them.

I find WordleBot's "analyses" of the choices made by NYT players more informative and I study those a bit to see how others play the game, which is BTW I post my solution grids -- to inform others how I've approached the puzzle so that I might help others analyze their approach in comparison.
 
Wordle 803 5/6*

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Minimum of eleven choices after three. I think I've only gotten one under five this week. A luckier guess at the vowel pattern after two might have helped, and the word that it ended up being was one that occurred to me when I started, but all of the missing letters were fairly similar in rarity and it was a toss-up for about four of the eleven words to help eliminate the others. In retrospect my fourth guess was not ideal as an eliminator.

Today is a hard mode trap.
 
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08/31/2023: Wordle 803 4/6

⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

3 choices after 2 and only 1 after 3.

NYT Average 3.9


08/30/2023: Wordle 802 2/6 AUDIO

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2 choices after 1. A coin toss. 50/50 guess.
The other word was: AUDIT.

NYT Average: 3.6
 
sgt1372 said:
08/31/2023: Wordle 803 4/6

⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

3 choices after 2 and only 1 after 3.

NYT Average 3.9
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Even on hard mode without the ability to use eliminator words, today's options were heavily pared down if you referenced a list of past Wordles and assume that the editor isn't going to repeat any. Since I can't use eliminator words, it helps.
 
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