Wordle Anytime

[Mike Hankey]

Good work, my SO is going to download. She loves the game, I have never tried it.

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[Amarnath S]

Great. Is it possible to make it open source accompanied by an article here on CP?

[5teveH]

I actually think that having one word a day, (which is the same for everyone), is what has made the game successful. You are quickly going to tire of just guessing random 5-letter words in isolation.

[5teveH]

The original, (real), Wordle, pretty much is open source. The entire game, including all the words, is written in JavaScript and sitting in your browser.

[Lost User]

The fact that there is only one try per day is what makes it remain interesting for me.

[OriginalGriff]

Yes, it gives me a "Brain Start" while I drink my :java:. If I could do it anytime, it would get boring pretty quickly, I suspect. How do you start? I tend to use either AEROS or TINEA as my starter, they seem to give me good results - I haven't failed to get it yet, though one did take me all 6 tries.

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[Lost User]

I always start with a random word, and most of the time I get it in 4 or 5. Although I have got a couple in the second guess. [edit] Took me five today. [/edit]

[5teveH]

I start with "RATED".

[merano99]

Very nice. But I miss the BS and ENTER keys on the keyboard.

[Slacker007]

Thanks for sharing, Ravi. This is awesome.

[OriginalGriff]

I prefer mine, because they contain three vowels - and there are likely to be at least two in any word. So I almost always get at least one yellow, and up to four!

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[OriginalGriff]

A random word gives you a 1:20,000 (or so) chance of being correct, so I like to start with words that give me the most information: which vowels, and a couple of "frequent flier" consonants. It seems to help, my stats aren't too bad, I think - 53% in 4 guesses, 16% in three. (And some very lucky 6% in 2 guesses!)

Guesses Percentage
1 0
2 6.25
3 15.625
4 53.125
5 21.875
6 3.125

Anyone with a high "one guess" percent is suspect, I think! :laugh:

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[Lost User]

Well the odds of getting it in one are better than the lottery. :laugh:

[OriginalGriff]

I don't expect to win that either! :laugh:

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[Greg Utas]

Careful. I recall reading that the NY Times paid some millions for this, and I have to assume it was to acquire the rights.

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[Slacker007]

The name or the design is believed currently to not be be trademarked/copyrighted. Apparently, many versions similar and not have been on the market for 5+ years now. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59980699#:~:text=The%20name%20is%20not%20believed,guessing%20any%20five%2Dletter%20word.[^]

[Greg Utas]

Must have been for the URL, then. I bookmarked it before the transfer and now see that it redirects.

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[Greg Utas]

I used Letter Frequencies in the English Language[^] to decide on ROAST, LINED, and CHUMP as the first three, although it often deviates on the third, and sometimes even second, word. An average of 3.75 after 48 days (0-3-14-24-6-1). I still haven't seen anything truly nasty, like GLYPH or QUEUE. :)

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[jsc42]

I read somewhere that RATES is a good word for a starter because not only is 'S' one of the most common letters, having it as the last letter is even better because 'S' is often the last letter of a word (and not just for plurals).

[Lou Yovin]

Here you go: Solving Wordle using information theory - YouTube[^] Like the CCC, I have never been accused of solving anything. :(