More Than 1000 Wordle Games Played

Recently I completed my one thousandth game of Wordle.  Here's a screenshot of my stats:

 

I win nearly every game I start.  The win percentage of 99, which I consider too low, is because I've missed a game every so often.

My Wordle Strategy With “E” and “T” Words

In my first post about Wordle¹, I introduced my strategy of starting with “STEAM.” Then I went on to describe word choices if I guessed E and M correctly.

Recently, I guessed E and T correctly, but they were not in the correct position. My next guess of ENTER was nearly correct. But my third guess of PETER still wasn’t quite correct. I did solve the puzzle on the fourth try.

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¹ https://ludditegeek.blogspot.com/2023/11/introducing-my-wordle-strategy.html

² https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

A Wordle in Honour of Towel Day

Here's a Wordle devoted to Towel Day.

You can find out more about Towel Day here:

https://www.towelday.org/

My Wordle Strategy With “M” Words

You might recall that my starting Wordle word is STEAM, that my strategy is to enter guesses that end in Y, and that I like to choose words that contain repeated letters.¹

If the letter M were flagged as correct but in the wrong position (STEAM), my next guess would be MOMMY.  After this, I'd know how many Ms were in the word and where they're located.

But what if M were in the correct position (STEAM)?; Then I'd probably choose OPIUM, which would determine what the vowel(s) would be.  I don't recall this ever happened to me; for this post I've relied on the Word Finder tool at Word Hippo.²

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¹ https://ludditegeek.blogspot.com/2023/11/introducing-my-wordle-strategy.html

² https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/word-finder-unscrambler.html

My Wordle Strategy With “A” Words

I wrote a few weeks ago about Wordle, and that my starting word is STEAM.¹

As well, I wrote that my strategy is to enter guesses that end in Y, and to choose words that contain repeated letters.

Suppose the letter A was flagged as correct but in the wrong position (STEAM). My next guess would be AGAIN.

But suppose the letter A was flagged as correct and in the correct position (STEAM). My next guess might be AURAL to check for the double A, or more likely FORAY to check for a trailing Y.  LUNAR also is tempting, since the letters L, N and R occur commonly.

I’ll follow up with more second guess words next week. Meanwhile, please let me know what your starting word is and why.

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¹ https://ludditegeek.blogspot.com/2023/11/introducing-my-wordle-strategy.html

Introducing My Wordle Strategy

I’ve been enjoying Wordle¹ daily since before the New York Times. I like the game because of how little time it takes to play, and how rewarding it is to get the answer.

Here’s how my Guess Distribution looks today:

1. 0
2. 20
3. 148
4. 208
5. 196
6. 50

I’ve missed only 8 games, mostly by not guessing correctly within six tries, but also due to not playing a couple of times.

What’s my starting word? It’s STEAM.

In general, my strategy is to enter guesses that end in Y, and to choose words that contain repeated letters.

For example, suppose the letter E was flagged as correct but in the wrong position (STEAM). My next guess is usually NEPER, which, like the decibel, is a unit of measure for logarithm-based quantities.

And suppose the letter E was flagged as correct and in the correct position (STEAM). My next guess might be NEEDY.

Another favorite second guess is when both the E and M are correct but in the wrong position (STEAM). My guess then is EMCEE, after which I know exactly where the E(s) belong(s).

I’ll follow up with more second guess words next week. Meanwhile, please let me know what your starting word is and why.

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¹https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html