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[Richard338]

Wordle 1,020 3/6




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[jlauffer]

Wordle 1,020 5/6






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[Kbrasmodeler]

Wordle 1,020 4/6





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[Cvrobinson]

Wordle 1,020 3/6




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[r8shell]

Wordle 1,020 5/6*







Had to work for it today.

 

[madcap_magician]

Wordle 1,020 5/6*







Hard mode trap.

 

[karnaknives]

Hard mode trap.

I've seen this said on here before, and I've never been quite sure what it means, can someone explain it to me please?

 

[fishface5]

Wordle 1,020 4/6*





I think it means that when in hard mode you have to grind through all the options while being restricted to using the greens instead of trying a word that contains lots of the possible letters to get there faster

 

[madcap_magician]

I've seen this said on here before, and I've never been quite sure what it means, can someone explain it to me please?

If you play on Hard Mode, you have to use any green and yellow letters in subsequent guesses, so if you end up with a letter combination like "STA__" or something like that where there are >6 options for words with that starting arrangement, you don't have the ability to use an eliminating word to try and narrow it down by ruling out other letters, since you are required to use S, T, and A.

 

[karnaknives]

If you play on Hard Mode, you have to use any green and yellow letters in subsequent guesses, so if you end up with a letter combination like "STA__" or something like that where there are >6 options for words with that starting arrangement, you don't have the ability to use an eliminating word to try and narrow it down by ruling out other letters, since you are required to use S, T, and A.

That makes sense thanks.
I guess I never thought of not using the found letters but now I can see how that could help at times.

 

[sgt1372]

04/04/2024: Wordle 1020 4/6






5 choices after 2 but only 1 after 3.

NYT Average: 3.7
Distribution: 5.2% in 2; 35.8% in 3; 75.1% in 4; 93.2% in 5; 98.9% in 6
Par 4


04/03/2024: Wordle 1019 2/6

Only 2 choices after 1 but the other word, which
was PLANT, had already been used in the past.

NYT Average: 3.4
Distribution: 6.2% in 2; 43.5% in 3; 81.2% in 4; 95.8% in 5; 99.2% in 6
Par 4

 

[sgt1372]

It's been a while since I've visited this thread. I see that you changed your technique!

Yup. Using a different set of starter words with much better results.

 

[sgt1372]

Dup post deleted.

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Yup. Using a different set of starter words with much better results.

And here I am still starting with ADIEU and STORY that I stole from you!

 

[sgt1372]

And here I am still starting with ADIEU and STORY that I stole from you!

I'm using STALE as my starting word now. It's one of WordleBot's favorites.

Since I post all of my past solutions, you can also see the other words that I'm using after that.

 

[Richard338]

Wordle 1,021 4/6





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[jlauffer]

Wordle 1,021 3/6




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[karnaknives]

Wordle 1,021 3/6*




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[Kbrasmodeler]

Wordle 1,021 4/6





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[Rick Roehrig]

Wordle 1,021 3/6*





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