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March 18th, 2022 at 3:18:15 AM
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Yay, my first two today.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
March 18th, 2022 at 4:24:06 AM
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Quote: WizardThat said, what do you think of being allowed to review the list of allowed words as answers only?
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If you are looking at the list and parsing it with your brain, it seems fine.
If you are using a machine to parse the list, that would seem ill-spirited. The software should get points for any solution.
xyzzy and plugh do not appear to be on the list. dwarf does appear, although I expect that is not the current magic word. The next holiday is the Vernal Equinox, March 20th.
May the cards fall in your favor.
March 18th, 2022 at 5:00:50 AM
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Quote: EdCollinsIf you don't consult the list of words that are acceptable answers, you're definitely playing another game within the game.
The additional game you're playing is, "Did they remove this word from the list?"
More than 82% of all five-letter words have been removed. They removed a LOT of what I consider are very, very common words. I listed a couple of dozen in a prior post. A few more I've come across that I didn't list earlier are: chewy, chomp, gimpy, laser, liven, naked, orate, ouija, panda, pesos, porky, squid.
If you don't choose to consult the word list, that's okay... I can fully understand why some people choose not to... but that's almost akin to playing a word game without knowing the language you're using. I for one would simply rather not play that game.
With my prior guesses and the feedback I received, a recent game told me the last four letters of the puzzle were ATER. I did not yet know the first letter. Without knowledge of the word list used, the answers could have been CATER, DATER, EATER, GATER, HATER, LATER, MATER, OATER, PATER, RATER, TATER, and WATER. I was at least able to narrow it down to five choices, since seven of those words removed from the list, and thus not a valid answer.
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Meh.
Theres a difference between looking at the list in between games vs in the middle of a game. The latter seems like playing scrabble while being able to look through the Scrabble dictionary, as opposed to only using the dictionary to decide challenges.
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; but that is the way to bet.
March 18th, 2022 at 7:49:58 AM
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I didnt know there was such a list. 🤪Quote: Wizardwhat do you think of being allowed to review the list of allowed words as answers only?link to original post
Thanks. 😁
But cheating? Maybe.
Some people have a rule in Scrabble where you cant look at the dictionary when its your turn. Some say you cant look at the dictionary AT ALL except when a played word is challenged.
Does that answer the question?
I invented a few casino games. Info:
http://www.DaveMillerGaming.com/
Superstitions are silly, childish, irrational rituals, born out of fear of the unknown. But how much does it cost to knock on wood? 😁
March 18th, 2022 at 7:53:40 AM
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By the way, I suck at Wordle.
I keep getting shown I have four letters in the correct position and then getting hit in the head with a brick for what the correct word is. 🤯
And sometimes, what Ive come up with is very uncommon words when the answer is actually a very common word!
I keep getting shown I have four letters in the correct position and then getting hit in the head with a brick for what the correct word is. 🤯
And sometimes, what Ive come up with is very uncommon words when the answer is actually a very common word!
I invented a few casino games. Info:
http://www.DaveMillerGaming.com/
Superstitions are silly, childish, irrational rituals, born out of fear of the unknown. But how much does it cost to knock on wood? 😁
March 18th, 2022 at 8:41:08 AM
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Decided to try my first Wordle today...
🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Got it in 2! I think I just got extremely lucky with my choice of starting word. I could only see one option for the second word.
I doubt I will be as successful going forward, but we'll see.
STAGE
SAUTE
Does anyone remember the game show called Lingo, hosted by Chuck Woolery on the Game Show Network (before it became GSN)? Two teams of two competed to solve a series of Wordle-type puzzles. A team would lose control to the other team if they failed to solve the puzzle in 5 turns, or spelled a word incorrectly, used a non-word, etc.
Each team had a bingo card, and the team to correctly solve the puzzle was awarded 2 bingo balls that they drew randomly. The object was to make a bingo on your team's card before your opponents did likewise.
🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Got it in 2! I think I just got extremely lucky with my choice of starting word. I could only see one option for the second word.
I doubt I will be as successful going forward, but we'll see.
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Does anyone remember the game show called Lingo, hosted by Chuck Woolery on the Game Show Network (before it became GSN)? Two teams of two competed to solve a series of Wordle-type puzzles. A team would lose control to the other team if they failed to solve the puzzle in 5 turns, or spelled a word incorrectly, used a non-word, etc.
Each team had a bingo card, and the team to correctly solve the puzzle was awarded 2 bingo balls that they drew randomly. The object was to make a bingo on your team's card before your opponents did likewise.
"Dealer has 'rock'... Pay 'paper!'"
March 18th, 2022 at 10:47:51 AM
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Quote: WizardYay, my first two today.
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Congrat, Mike! I mightve gotten it on my 2nd attempt too had I not picked a totally different random starting word.
Wordle 272 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🤦🏼♀️
🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
OFFICIALLY and justifiably reclaimed my title as SuperHotBlonde!
March 18th, 2022 at 2:49:31 PM
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Wordle 273 5/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ (YYBBB)
🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 (GYBBY)
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 (GBGGG)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Note: I think this is my worst "successful solve" so far.
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ (YYBBB)
🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 (GYBBY)
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 (GBGGG)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Note: I think this is my worst "successful solve" so far.
March 18th, 2022 at 3:06:27 PM
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Quote: WizardYay, my first two today.
(comments in spoiler)
Knowing your usual first guess, I had a feeling you'd get it in two.
Me, three.
March 18th, 2022 at 4:09:44 PM
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I remember that show yes. And while you only got 5 guesses,they gave you the first letter of the word.the lady who gave you the first letter was a very attractive lady who gives Vanna a run for her money. Shantay or something like that and think she used to be a competitive figure skater
March 18th, 2022 at 4:18:43 PM
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. Shandi finnessey. What can I say, I like blondes lol
March 18th, 2022 at 6:12:29 PM
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I got a 3 also today. Very proud of myself. Since it's the weekend hope the words not to tough like smelt or focus last weekend lol
March 19th, 2022 at 12:25:02 AM
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Wordle 273 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Damn. My 3rd guess was pretty damn good. I hate when its off by just one letter.
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Damn. My 3rd guess was pretty damn good. I hate when its off by just one letter.
OFFICIALLY and justifiably reclaimed my title as SuperHotBlonde!
March 19th, 2022 at 1:26:15 AM
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273 6/6 my worst ever
Happy days are here again
March 19th, 2022 at 3:41:09 AM
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Wow awesome especially considering your first guess had no letters in the word.great job on 4
March 19th, 2022 at 6:15:34 AM
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Five today. First four turns had zero greens.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
March 19th, 2022 at 6:38:43 AM
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Other day you got a 2. Very fickle game. And hot blonde got all gray on her first guess
March 19th, 2022 at 12:39:42 PM
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I found today's to be tough...based on my usual first guesses.
March 19th, 2022 at 3:18:14 PM
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Wordle 274 4/6
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 (BYYGB)
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 (YGBGY)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 (BYYGB)
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 (YGBGY)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
March 19th, 2022 at 5:11:59 PM
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March 19th, 2022 at 5:14:35 PM
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Four today March 19
March 20th, 2022 at 2:11:07 AM
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By the way, I challenge this statement.Quote: ksdjdjNote 3: According to "Free Dictionary", there are 158,390 words that have 5 letters in them.
Are they counting words in ALL languages or are they just talking about English words?
Do they mean LEAST 5 letters?
Heck, the entire ENABLE word list containing words of ANY length only contains a total of 173,528 words.
This link claims there are only 12,478 five-letter words: https://www.bestwordlist.com/5letterwords.htm
We know Wordle uses a total of less than 13,000 words in their list of valid guesses and answers
Volume 6 of the Office Scrabble Players Dictionary has just 8,996 five-letter words.
I just don't believe there's any way at all there there are a total of 158,390 English speaking words of exactly five letters. Any claim of this made by Free Dictionary (whatever that is) has to be in error. That number is just too large.
If I'm wrong please provide a link to a list of all of these 158,390 words.
March 20th, 2022 at 3:03:00 AM
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Quote: EdCollinsBy the way, I challenge this statement.Quote: ksdjdjNote 3: According to "Free Dictionary", there are 158,390 words that have 5 letters in them.
(snip)
If I'm wrong please provide a link to a list of all of these 158,390 words.
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I found it hard to believe as well (and still do). I mainly posted it to illustrate that the "Wordle answer list" is quite small (compared to the "total 5-letter words list")
Here is the link >> https://www.thefreedictionary.com/5-letter-words.htm << .
Note: I am not going to look at a list and count up to ~158k words (but I think you are correct anyway).
Note 2: In the above link it says, "For searches with more than 500 results, only the top 500 results are displayed " .
Note 3: There are many other sites that say the total word list is a lot smaller***
*** (just one example ): https://answerstoall.com/language/how-many-five-letter-words-are-there-in-the-english-language/ << this link says there are 8,783 (or 12,478) five-letter words, and 104,344 total words (or ~170,000 total words in "current usage").
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(Update /Edit about 315 am, Pac Time):
Even if the list counts "archaic words" >> https://www.lexico.com/explore/archaic-words << I still don't believe there are that many (~158k).
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March 20th, 2022 at 4:03:41 AM
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Ive started using the previous days answer as my initial word.
ALLOW
THREW
RENEW
ALLOW
THREW
RENEW
A falling knife has no handle.
March 20th, 2022 at 6:41:56 AM
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Score of five today. Took a lot of time too.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
March 20th, 2022 at 10:03:48 AM
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Did it in 3
Man Babes #AxelFabulous
March 20th, 2022 at 10:10:05 AM
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Good work!Quote: mipletDid it in 3.
If you had known that your second guess wasn't a valid answer, I suspect you might have solved this puzzle in two rows!
March 20th, 2022 at 1:52:00 PM
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Wordle 275 3/6
🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ (GGBYB)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ (GGBYB)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
March 20th, 2022 at 7:09:22 PM
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March 20th, 2022 at 10:53:29 PM
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Third guess for me today.
Wordle 274 3/6
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 274 3/6
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
OFFICIALLY and justifiably reclaimed my title as SuperHotBlonde!
March 21st, 2022 at 2:57:32 AM
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Wordle 275 3/6
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Starting with yesterdays solution
RENEW
FAKER
THEIR
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Starting with yesterdays solution
RENEW
FAKER
THEIR
A falling knife has no handle.
March 21st, 2022 at 4:00:01 AM
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3/21. Did it in 2 today, my first time ever in 2
Happy days are here again
March 21st, 2022 at 7:40:54 AM
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Quote: Hunterhill3/21. Did it in 2 today, my first time ever in 2
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Me too, except it's my second two.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
March 21st, 2022 at 9:25:58 AM
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Four for me
March 21st, 2022 at 8:01:25 PM
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3 today March 21 but getting network error when fetching photo
March 22nd, 2022 at 12:51:58 AM
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3 today, and rather quickly.
Wordle 276 3/6
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 276 3/6
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
OFFICIALLY and justifiably reclaimed my title as SuperHotBlonde!
March 22nd, 2022 at 1:35:39 AM
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no network error now March 21
March 22nd, 2022 at 3:52:16 AM
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Wordle 276 5/6
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ - GGBBB
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ - GGBBB
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ - GGBBB
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ - GGBBB
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ - GGBBB
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ - GGBBB
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
March 22nd, 2022 at 5:06:38 AM
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Wordle 276 5/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Trickier one for me today.
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Trickier one for me today.
Ding Dong the Witch is Dead
March 22nd, 2022 at 6:31:19 AM
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Four for me.
Results this far:
Games played = 22
Success rate = 21/22 = 95.45%
Average turns = 87/21 = 4.1429
Results this far:
Games played = 22
Success rate = 21/22 = 95.45%
Average turns = 87/21 = 4.1429
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
March 22nd, 2022 at 7:18:22 PM
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4 today March 22 argh. That will probably be tomorrow word lol
March 23rd, 2022 at 12:11:04 AM
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Got it in 4 even with a blank start:
Man Babes #AxelFabulous
March 23rd, 2022 at 3:22:57 AM
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March 23rd, 2022 at 3:28:18 AM
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Wordle 277 4/6
🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩
🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 - BBBYG
🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 - YGYBG
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩
🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 - BBBYG
🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 - YGYBG
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
March 23rd, 2022 at 5:39:55 AM
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Three today.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
March 23rd, 2022 at 4:22:02 PM
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4 today March 23. Got lucky guess 3 all but only letter in right place. 
March 23rd, 2022 at 5:47:48 PM
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Another four tries. Given my first three, I'm quite lucky.
March 23rd, 2022 at 6:02:21 PM
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No peeking over my shoulder even though you are in Indy also Jeffrey lol
March 24th, 2022 at 12:14:58 AM
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Got it in probably one minute or less.
Wordle 278 3/6
🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 278 3/6
🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
OFFICIALLY and justifiably reclaimed my title as SuperHotBlonde!
March 24th, 2022 at 3:03:46 AM
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Three for Thursday.
