Ray wrote: ↑22 Jan 2022, 2:32pm
I only noticed this morning that there is a 'Hard Mode' in Settings, which states: "Any revealed hints must be used in subsequent guesses" - which is what I'd been assuming all along! The default appears to be 'Easy Mode". This made me re-think, and I used the easy cop-out to advantage in today's Wordle when I'd drawn a lot of blanks in my first couple of attempts. Must admit, though, it felt a bit like cheating!
Sometimes, if I get a single yellow letter, especially if it's common, like E or S, I will do a word without it to see if I can identify other letters. AUDIO is one I use a lot because it has all the other vowels, except 'Y'.
gaz wrote: ↑22 Jan 2022, 6:22pm
Enjoying wordle, particularly because it is limited to one a day.
Ray The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt - Bertrand Russell I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that - Ben Goldacre
I recently came across Quordle https://www.quordle.com/#/ which challenges you to solve four wordle puzzles simultaneously.
Tried it once and somehow managed to solve it. But, valuing my sanity, I think I'll stick to doing one at a time in future. And just once a day
Ray The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt - Bertrand Russell I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that - Ben Goldacre
For my strategy I stand on the shoulders of giants. I took the first 10 most common letters as per Morse code. I then generated two words from those 10 letters and use those as my first two guesses. There are a number of two word combinations that are possible, I went for a pair that had a non overlapping spread of vowels, and where vowels didn't appear in unlikely places, e.g. no I as a last letter.
freeflow wrote: ↑21 Feb 2022, 1:59pmFor my strategy I stand on the shoulders of giants. I took the first 10 most common letters as per Morse code. I then generated two words from those 10 letters and use those as my first two guesses. There are a number of two word combinations that are possible, I went for a pair that had a non overlapping spread of vowels, and where vowels didn't appear in unlikely places, e.g. no I as a last letter.
I don't remember telling you this strategy, but thanks for the credit anyway
I've taken the hint from Vorpal and use "audio" as my first word to see which vowels are used. Thankyou Vorpal.
I'm also hooked on nerdle now. I'm better at this whilst Mrs Rjb is better at wordle.
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It's just a guessing game. No skill involved at all. You learn a few new, relatively useless words but otherwise no real scope for development. If you are so inclined you could try 'Advent of code' problems or similar.
freeflow wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 8:28am
It's just a guessing game. No skill involved at all. You learn a few new, relatively useless words but otherwise no real scope for development. If you are so inclined you could try 'Advent of code' problems or similar.
You must have a very limited vocabulary if you are learning new words when you play Wordle.
