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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    Got it in 5, but after try 3 I had 4 green letters and 5 possible words ... had to post a word I knew it wasn't going to be to eliminate options! Spoiler: highlight the following for my guesses: AEROS Yellow A PLAIN Yellow A MATCH GREEN A, T,C, & H Bugger. That leaves me BATCH, CATCH, GATCH, HATCH, and WATCH BEWIG Yellow W - If it had been all grey, then I have two options left: CATCH and HATCH with two slots open. WATCH All green.

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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    Same here, and it took me six. I'll say no more for now.

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    • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

      Ha! I got it in three. ;P 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩


      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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      OriginalGriff
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      Well done! :thumbsup: I was trying to work back from that to the words you tried, but it's too much for my puny brain ... too many combinations! :-D

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        Well done! :thumbsup: I was trying to work back from that to the words you tried, but it's too much for my puny brain ... too many combinations! :-D

        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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        Richard Deeming
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        The first two are below - you already know the third. :)

        Weary Wants


        "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

        "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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        • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

          The first two are below - you already know the third. :)

          Weary Wants


          "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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          OriginalGriff
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          Well done - A very lucky start! :thumbsup:

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            Got it in 5, but after try 3 I had 4 green letters and 5 possible words ... had to post a word I knew it wasn't going to be to eliminate options! Spoiler: highlight the following for my guesses: AEROS Yellow A PLAIN Yellow A MATCH GREEN A, T,C, & H Bugger. That leaves me BATCH, CATCH, GATCH, HATCH, and WATCH BEWIG Yellow W - If it had been all grey, then I have two options left: CATCH and HATCH with two slots open. WATCH All green.

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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            ChandraRam
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            I got it in 2 - for the first time ever! Had a very lucky guess for the first word :-)

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              Got it in 5, but after try 3 I had 4 green letters and 5 possible words ... had to post a word I knew it wasn't going to be to eliminate options! Spoiler: highlight the following for my guesses: AEROS Yellow A PLAIN Yellow A MATCH GREEN A, T,C, & H Bugger. That leaves me BATCH, CATCH, GATCH, HATCH, and WATCH BEWIG Yellow W - If it had been all grey, then I have two options left: CATCH and HATCH with two slots open. WATCH All green.

              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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              Never played it until today Wordle 265 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

              "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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              • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                The first two are below - you already know the third. :)

                Weary Wants


                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                I used Wired Wants

                "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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                • pkfoxP pkfox

                  Never played it until today Wordle 265 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

                  "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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                  It's an addictive little puzzle ... gets your brain going in the morning! :-D

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                  "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    It's an addictive little puzzle ... gets your brain going in the morning! :-D

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                    I can see a wordle winner of the week emerging here :-D

                    "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      Got it in 5, but after try 3 I had 4 green letters and 5 possible words ... had to post a word I knew it wasn't going to be to eliminate options! Spoiler: highlight the following for my guesses: AEROS Yellow A PLAIN Yellow A MATCH GREEN A, T,C, & H Bugger. That leaves me BATCH, CATCH, GATCH, HATCH, and WATCH BEWIG Yellow W - If it had been all grey, then I have two options left: CATCH and HATCH with two slots open. WATCH All green.

                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                      Took me six lines - and I still had multiple possible words, so I count myself lucky I didn't get (my first) failure...

                      Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

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                      • pkfoxP pkfox

                        I can see a wordle winner of the week emerging here :-D

                        "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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                        Difficult to enforce ... Too easy to "cheat", particularly if you have a PC and a phone I think.

                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                        • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                          Ha! I got it in three. ;P 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩


                          "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                          Vivi Chellappa
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                          Got it in 3! First guess identified two correct letters in the wrong locations. Next guess, the same two letters in (different) wrong locations. Third try was the charm!

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            Got it in 5, but after try 3 I had 4 green letters and 5 possible words ... had to post a word I knew it wasn't going to be to eliminate options! Spoiler: highlight the following for my guesses: AEROS Yellow A PLAIN Yellow A MATCH GREEN A, T,C, & H Bugger. That leaves me BATCH, CATCH, GATCH, HATCH, and WATCH BEWIG Yellow W - If it had been all grey, then I have two options left: CATCH and HATCH with two slots open. WATCH All green.

                            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                            This is the kind of word that can put you beyond 6 if playing the hard variant.

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                            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                              Difficult to enforce ... Too easy to "cheat", particularly if you have a PC and a phone I think.

                              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                              Ok , I thought we were honest citizens on here :-D

                              "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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                                Ok , I thought we were honest citizens on here :-D

                                "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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                                I suspect most are - but there are always some ... :sigh:

                                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                  Got it in 5, but after try 3 I had 4 green letters and 5 possible words ... had to post a word I knew it wasn't going to be to eliminate options! Spoiler: highlight the following for my guesses: AEROS Yellow A PLAIN Yellow A MATCH GREEN A, T,C, & H Bugger. That leaves me BATCH, CATCH, GATCH, HATCH, and WATCH BEWIG Yellow W - If it had been all grey, then I have two options left: CATCH and HATCH with two slots open. WATCH All green.

                                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                  I got it in three, but if I hadn't chosen the right first word, or made a lucky guess of the correct first letter out of seven possible valid choices, I might not have gotten it at all. 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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                                  • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                                    This is the kind of word that can put you beyond 6 if playing the hard variant.

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                                    Indeed. I don't have hard mode enabled, but I play as if I did. I don't see the point in not using the letters I have right, or in reusing letters that I know aren't in the day's word.

                                    If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.

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                                      Indeed. I don't have hard mode enabled, but I play as if I did. I don't see the point in not using the letters I have right, or in reusing letters that I know aren't in the day's word.

                                      If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.

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                                      Being able to do those things is useful for eliminating and finding other letters. Since I downloaded the Wordle clone that Ravi posted[^], I've played a lot of hard mode games. It takes longer to come up with your next guess, and a lot of common words aren't allowed because they're not in The List, which is a pain. I'd rather that the list simply contain all 5-letter words that aren't archaic or obscure, but whatever. My average score is a bit higher in hard mode because having to repeat known letters makes it harder to narrow the possibilities when dealing with a word like today's. So I've lost twice, which has never happened in the standard game. But I've also found that having to repeat known letters, and learning their correct positions, is more useful than I previously thought. An even harder mode would be disallowing letters that are known not to be in the solution.

                                      Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                                      The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

                                      <p><a href="https://github.com/GregUtas/robust-services-core/blob/master/README.md">Robust Services Core</a>
                                      <em>The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.</em></p>

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                                      • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                                        Being able to do those things is useful for eliminating and finding other letters. Since I downloaded the Wordle clone that Ravi posted[^], I've played a lot of hard mode games. It takes longer to come up with your next guess, and a lot of common words aren't allowed because they're not in The List, which is a pain. I'd rather that the list simply contain all 5-letter words that aren't archaic or obscure, but whatever. My average score is a bit higher in hard mode because having to repeat known letters makes it harder to narrow the possibilities when dealing with a word like today's. So I've lost twice, which has never happened in the standard game. But I've also found that having to repeat known letters, and learning their correct positions, is more useful than I previously thought. An even harder mode would be disallowing letters that are known not to be in the solution.

                                        Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                                        The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

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                                        Greg Utas wrote:

                                        My average score is a bit higher in hard mode because having to repeat known letters makes it harder to narrow the possibilities when dealing with a word like today's. But I've also found that having to repeat known letters, and learning their correct positions, is more useful than I previously thought.

                                        Exactly why I play that way. Yes, it's harder to narrow down the possibilities and takes longer, but I'm in no hurry to finish the game, and I do not like to waste guesses using letters I know aren't in the word. I've only failed once, and that was on a word like this one, with more than six possible values for a single letter, and I've only gone to six guesses once. Otherwise my score is 1: 0, 2: 2, 3: 9, 4: 17, 5: 12, 6: 1.

                                        An even harder mode would be disallowing letters that are known not to be in the solution.

                                        That would be nearly, if not completely, impossible.

                                        If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.

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