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Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:31 am
by Blackhawk
Kraken wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:11 am
Fun fact: Back when people still said "thee" and "thou," "you" was plural, presumably because nobody thought of "thouse."
And thee rhymed with three (including the th sound), and thou had that th and rhymed with 'you', ie, 'thoo.'
Ye did not exist.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:34 am
by Zaxxon
Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:56 pm
New day is apparently tied to timezone, which sucks.
I was today years old when I learned this.
If Absurdle doesn't do it for some of you, I present Letterle.
https://edjefferson.com/letterle/
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:36 am
by Isgrimnur
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:44 am
by Zaxxon
Whew. My first 6/6 today...
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:46 am
by LordMortis
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:52 am
by disarm
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:56 am
by coopasonic
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:18 am
by Baroquen
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:22 am
by Blackhawk
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:25 am
by YellowKing
I thought I may be in some trouble today but managed to pull out a 4/6. The streak continues!
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:26 am
by Zaxxon
Actually, the grids are mildly spoilery, especially in batches.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:30 am
by Blackhawk
I suppose if you knew somebody's opening words, yeah. But you'd have to actively try to figure it out. I don't look too closely at the thread until after my attempt for just that reason - after all, there's nothing to see in this thread before you've played.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:43 am
by Zaxxon
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:30 am
I suppose if you knew somebody's opening words, yeah. But you'd have to actively try to figure it out. I don't look too closely at the thread until after my attempt for just that reason - after all, there's nothing to see in this thread before you've played.
I agree they prob don't need to be spoilered, as active effort is needed to make much out of the grids. But whether you know their opening or not, seeing a group of grids does provide hints.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:54 am
by stessier
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:57 am
by Zenn7
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:25 am
by El Guapo
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:28 am
by El Guapo
I didn't realize there was a hard mode. Looks like that just forces you to use confirmed letters in guesses? Like once you know that the word starts with an S or B or what have you all subsequent guesses need to have that letter in the right position?
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:31 am
by stessier
El Guapo wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:28 am
I didn't realize there was a hard mode. Looks like that just forces you to use confirmed letters in guesses? Like once you know that the word starts with an S or B or what have you all subsequent guesses need to have that letter in the right position?
Yes, once a letter is green, you must have it in that spot in all future guesses. I read quickly and saw that you had to use the clues it gives in all future guesses. I thought that meant if you got a yellow letter, you had to include the yellow letter in the next guess in a new spot (because you already know it can't go there). I was wrong - you just have to use the letter, but you can repeat the wrong spot. I might still do it the harder way, though, to add to the challenge.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:32 am
by MHS
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:33 am
by MHS
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:30 am
I suppose if you knew somebody's opening words, yeah. But you'd have to actively try to figure it out. I don't look too closely at the thread until after my attempt for just that reason - after all, there's nothing to see in this thread before you've played.
Yeah, I don't look here until after I've played for the day since I don't even want to know if other people thought it was hard or easy- that messes with my head.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:56 am
by Unagi
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 11:09 am
by WYBaugh
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 11:39 am
by Isgrimnur
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 11:45 am
by Zaxxon
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 11:53 am
by gilraen
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:11 pm
by Ralph-Wiggum
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:30 pm
by Zaxxon
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 2:54 pm
by naednek
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:04 pm
by Carpet_pissr
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:06 pm
by coopasonic
I think most of us play hard mode effectively anyway. I only break the hard mode rules by accident.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:09 pm
by Isgrimnur
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:17 pm
by Carpet_pissr
coopasonic wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:06 pm
I think most of us play hard mode effectively anyway. I only break the hard mode rules by accident.
Yeah, that was why I asked about it initially. I guess it just depends on the way you play and how MUCH you want to "game" it...if that makes sense. I think "hard mode" is a misnomer, but whatevs.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:23 pm
by Archinerd
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:25 pm
by LordMortis
Archinerd wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:23 pm
"Hard' mode, more like 'I already forgot from the line above which of these letters were correct' mode.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:41 pm
by Hipolito
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:17 pm
by msteelers
I brought shame upon my family by missing today's word.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:29 pm
by LordMortis
That is what makes playing "hard" hard IMO. If you hit three yellow off the bat, you are only looking at like 15 total letters and that's barring duplicates or being able to come up with words where you don't duplicate known bad letters. (
OK maybe that's just me). I've hit three letters on the first try and lost twice now hitting a brick wall of just subbing in letters (not sometimes hoping things that look like they might be word are actually words, If you got dinged for "not a word" I don't think I'd have won but maybe a few times.
)
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:55 pm
by Archinerd
I found out today that "AZTEC" is not a word.
Tomorrow, I'm going to see if "IDAHO" is a word.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:37 pm
by Kraken
I don't understand "current streak" and "max streak." I've played 8 games. I won 4 of them in 4 tries and the other 4 (including today) in 5 tries. It says my current streak is 3 and max streak is 4.
I really only care about keeping my win percentage at 100, but those streak numbers baffle me.
Re: Wordle
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:42 pm
by Jaymann