Wordle Discussion Daily Spoilers

[storrsroars]

Lucked out with first word, thought I had excellent chance for a 2, couldn't miss on 3.

SLOPE
PEONY
EPOXY

 

[8893]

 

[uconn1999]

 

[HuskyHawk]

Lousy effort today

 

[uconn1999]

 

[JavaMan]

 

[storrsroars]

Kudos to anyone who pulled out a 3 today. Guess I could've, but apparently i'm obsessed with virgins.

ROWDY
YACHT
HYMEN
NYMPH

 

[Bomber36]

Guessed right. Pure luck.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Eliminated the vowels. Not often you’ll see “wench” and “nymph”.

 

[8893]

 

[storrsroars]

That moment on line 3 when you realize there are at least 4 correct answers and you've only got three more guesses.

Now 43-1. First loss.

 

[JavaMan]

My first word is my standard. My second is standard if I strikeout on the first. Couldn't believe my luck. Then I realized that I had listed six words that would work with only four guesses left. I've seen this movie before.
Below are my six words as I thought of them and and then my list prioritized based on my logical guess. (I use a worksheet for the visual and memory benefits)

POUND
MOUND
FOUND
BOUND
HOUND
WOUND

FOUND
MOUND
POUND
HOUND
BOUND
WOUND

I lucked out on this one!

 

[storrsroars]

It was a nice run...

ftr, there wasn't really a "1". That was a goof I played the day I did it on my phone and took a 5, then did it again on my laptop and posted the correct answer on line 1. But still, 44% in 3 or less ain't bad.

 

[JavaMan]

That moment on line 3 when you realize there are at least 4 correct answers and you've only got three more guesses.

Now 43-1. First loss.

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My first, and only, loss happened the same way. The grieving eventually dissipates.

 

[8893]

My second loss:

 

[HuskyHawk]

I was expected to see some fails here. I lucked out. Next up for me were bound, pound and mound. Didn't think of wound right away because of the different vowel sound.

 

[HuskyHawk]

That moment on line 3 when you realize there are at least 4 correct answers and you've only got three more guesses.

Now 43-1. First loss.

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At least you had eliminated pound, round and hound. I think I had six words left with 3 guesses and just lucked out.

 

[Deepster]

My second loss:
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Broke my 67 day streak today. My last 5 guesses had _OUND.

 

[uconn1999]

The 0-10 start eliminated several of the variations and no way Bound was the word

 

[mussels]

The generally accepted practice is that you have to use the letters (and positions) that were identified in your previous guesses, on subsequent guesses.

So you get to a situation, described above, where you have more letters that could create a word then you have guesses left. (call them guess letters) Would it be cheating if only in this case, you disregard the letters previously identified, and try a word that has as many of the guess letters as possible ?

 

[uconn1999]

The generally accepted practice is that you have to use the letters (and positions) that were identified in your previous guesses, on subsequent guesses.

So you get to a situation, described above, where you have more letters that could create a word then you have guesses left. (call them guess letters) Would it be cheating if only in this case, you disregard the letters previously identified, and try a word that has as many of the guess letters as possible ?

When I’ve been in the position, where there are more letters than guesses, I‘ve “thrown“ away a turn using a word that uses as many of the potential letters as possible.

 

[8893]

The generally accepted practice is that you have to use the letters (and positions) that were identified in your previous guesses, on subsequent guesses.

So you get to a situation, described above, where you have more letters that could create a word then you have guesses left. (call them guess letters) Would it be cheating if only in this case, you disregard the letters previously identified, and try a word that has as many of the guess letters as possible ?

When I’ve been in the position, where there are more letters than guesses, I‘ve “thrown“ away a turn using a word that uses as many of the potential letters as possible.

I don't think it's cheating; there is a mode that will force you to play that way if you want. Otherwise it's up to you. I don't do it simply because I don't want to burn a turn, and I'm not afraid of failing to solve it on any given day.

 

[JavaMan]

The generally accepted practice is that you have to use the letters (and positions) that were identified in your previous guesses, on subsequent guesses.

So you get to a situation, described above, where you have more letters that could create a word then you have guesses left. (call them guess letters) Would it be cheating if only in this case, you disregard the letters previously identified, and try a word that has as many of the guess letters as possible ?

I have used both. The only "fail" that I've had was because I had "hard mode" turned on and it handcuffed me with word choices. I then turned it off and police myself on reusing grey letters.

I made the decision that proving that I am linguistically more intelligent than others is not the reason I play, because I surely won't accomplish that. I play solely to win the game.

BTW, After my one fail, I discovered that one can turn hard mode off and/or on while in the middle of a game. (ICDK)

As far as cheating goes, I believe there are only three methods.

1. Getting help from others
2. Seeking out the answer already published online (even here)
3. Seeking out 5 letter words online that include such & such letters.

And if we do any of these we are really only cheating ourselves; and that is the worst kind of cheating.

I'm glad I found this little group. Cheers all.

 

[storrsroars]

When I’ve been in the position, where there are more letters than guesses, I‘ve “thrown“ away a turn using a word that uses as many of the potential letters as possible.

That could work, certainly. In my case today, had I plugged in "walks" in line 5, I'd only have the "f" left and I'd get it in 6. But I'm kinda like 8893 in that I'll only burn a line if I've only got one letter and haven't hit its location after two tries.

@JavaMan - Do you do Quordle? I'm only 78-13 over there including practice games. Much harder game, IMHO.

 

[JavaMan]

That could work, certainly. In my case today, had I plugged in "walks" in line 5, I'd only have the "f" left and I'd get it in 6. But I'm kinda like 8893 in that I'll only burn a line if I've only got one letter and haven't hit its location after two tries.

@JavaMan - Do you do Quordle? I'm only 78-13 over there including practice games. Much harder game, IMHO.

No. Don't even know what it is. Guess I'll have to go and look.

The only other daily online brain exercise I do is a 9X9 Jigsaw Sudoku. Here's a link if anyone is interested:

Sudoku Online : Jigsaw Sudoku of the Day

Scroll down till you get to the gameboard with blanks and have at it! I don't submit anything, I just want to beat the one daily game. (I usually do)
tip 1: Ctrl Z is your friend
tip 2: You can also download and print and then play using a pencil with an eraser...or if your brave, use a pen.