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February 13th, 2023 at 5:51:07 AM permalink

Wordle 604 5/6

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⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩
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POSIT
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SCALE
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February 13th, 2023 at 6:07:19 AM permalink

Quote: Wizard
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I would have to thi k wizards teddy bear would not be a good starting word,but not sure if it would be the worst
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I'm quite impressed and surprised anyone knows this bit of trivia, other than my brothers. His name is Fuzzy.
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for some reason,I have remember that.according to a Google search,the actual worst starting word is xylyl. I could never imagine that being the wordle,but fuzzy possibly.

for those why are not science geeks I included the definition. I definitely am not btw

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February 13th, 2023 at 7:03:31 AM permalink

Wordle 604 3/6

🟨⬛🟩⬛🟩SLATE
⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩CHASE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩USAGE

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Skill 99/99
Luck 74/99

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February 13th, 2023 at 6:26:26 PM permalink

3 tonight February 13

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February 13th, 2023 at 9:06:11 PM permalink

Wordle 605 3/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛SLATE
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨RHINO (wordlebot: UNHIP)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩SOUND

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Luck 68/99

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February 13th, 2023 at 9:43:03 PM permalink

Wordle 605 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ climb
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ stare
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ spunk
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 sound

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February 14th, 2023 at 12:59:57 AM permalink

Wordle #605 February 14: 4/6 par

STARE / GBBBB
SCION / GBBYY
SONNY / GGBGB
SOUND / Correct

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February 14th, 2023 at 4:14:47 AM permalink

Wordle 605 3/6

⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

POSIT
YEARN
SOUND

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February 14th, 2023 at 4:29:54 AM permalink

Wordle 605 5/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ STARE
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ SHINY
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ FLOCK
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 POUND
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOUND

I should have had that in four. Not happy with myself today.

p.s. I hate Valentines day.

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February 14th, 2023 at 5:08:09 AM permalink

Wordle 605 3/6

Interesting how a mathematician's mind works ...

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 REALS
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ POINT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOUND

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February 14th, 2023 at 11:40:30 AM permalink

Wordle 605 3/6

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February 14th, 2023 at 6:12:24 PM permalink

Fortunate 4 Feb 14 had a 1 in 5 shot after guess 3

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February 14th, 2023 at 9:16:27 PM permalink

Wordle 606 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ quick
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ stare
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ sandy
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 salsa

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February 14th, 2023 at 11:05:14 PM permalink

Wordle #606 February 15: 3/6 birdie

STARE / GBYBB
SADLY / GGBYB
SALSA / Correct

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February 15th, 2023 at 4:36:45 AM permalink

Wordle 606 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

POSIT
YEARN
MULCH
SALSA

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February 15th, 2023 at 5:28:51 AM permalink

Wordle 606 5/6

🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ STARE
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ SAUCY
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ SALON
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ SALAD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALSA

Has Wordle ever had a two pair word before?

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February 15th, 2023 at 5:50:25 AM permalink

Wordle 606 3/6

I've been trying random 1st words based on the previous day's answer and assuming the editor has certain tendencies that bias his word choice. Today it worked out. Other days, not so much. It would be interesting to investigate these biases with some statistical testing and use those to find a daily optimal first word, then offer prop bets on certain vowels and consonants being in the word.

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 LOTUS// Today I was thinking no "E", hence my first word used common letters while avoiding "E".
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ PARED // I thought "SLEEP" might be the answer so I wanted a "P" word.
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALSA // The Super Bowl theme continues.

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February 15th, 2023 at 6:25:51 AM permalink

Quote: Wizard
Wordle 606 5/6

🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ STARE
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ SAUCY
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ SALON
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ SALAD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALSA

Has Wordle ever had a two pair word before?

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BOOBY CACAO CIVIC GAMMA MADAM MIMIC MOTTO SALSA VIVID

Also, here are the triples: ERROR FLUFF MUMMY SISSY.

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February 15th, 2023 at 8:49:35 AM permalink

Wordle 606 3/6

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February 15th, 2023 at 9:44:38 AM permalink

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...For some reason,I have remember that.according to a Google search,the actual worst starting word is xylyl. I could never imagine that being the wordle,but fuzzy possibly.

You're correct. XYLYL will never be the answer to a NY Times puzzle, since that word is not in the list of 2,315 valid possible answers. (Although the contents of the exact list is now unknown. It's been edited and is no longer available to view. It's possible XYLYL may have been added to the list... but I highly doubt it. So yea, XYLYL remains a valid guess only.)

FUZZY is indeed not only a valid guess but a valid possible answer... one that we have yet to see... so it could turn up at any time.

And yes, depending upon the exact metric used, XYLYL may indeed be the absolute word guess possible. However, there are six valid Wordle answers that, when the feedback clues given from the guess XYLYL are revealed, the puzzle will be able to be solved on Row 2... as there is only one valid word remaining!

Five of those words are LOWLY, POLYP, ROYAL, SATYR, and SLYLY.

For example, if XYLYL is your staring guess on Row 1 and SLYLY is the answer, the feedback clues will be xYYYY. (Four yellows in positions 2 through 5.) At that point, SLYLY is the only valid word remaining, and so despite your "terrible guess" you've solved the puzzle on Row 2.

I've listed five of them. Bonus points if you are able to figure out and correctly the guess the sixth valid Wordle answer that an be deduced when XYLYL is a guess. (It's a common word that everyone is familiar with.)

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February 15th, 2023 at 9:52:52 AM permalink

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,,, I've been trying random 1st words based on the previous day's answer and assuming the editor has certain tendencies that bias his word choice.

If it helps you, note that it's not HIS word choice... it's HER word choice.

The new NY Times Wordle editor is Tracy Bennett.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/crosswords/wordle-editor.html

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/11/how-wordle-editor-became-a-real-job-at-the-new-york-times/

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February 15th, 2023 at 1:13:02 PM permalink

Quote: EdCollins
I've listed five of them. Bonus points if you are able to figure out and correctly the guess the sixth valid Wordle answer that an be deduced when XYLYL is a guess. (It's a common word that everyone is familiar with.)
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I believe it is GYPSY, which would have the unique feedback clues: xGxYx for a starting word of XYLYL.

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February 15th, 2023 at 3:43:43 PM permalink

GYPSY is a pretty darn good guess... but incorrect.

After XYLYL is played, given a clue pattern of xGxYx, the word PYGMY would also still be possible.

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February 15th, 2023 at 4:18:50 PM permalink

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Wordle 606 5/6

🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ STARE
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ SAUCY
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ SALON
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ SALAD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALSA

Has Wordle ever had a two pair word before?

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not to mention the February 13 smarty pants

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February 15th, 2023 at 4:20:24 PM permalink

4 February 15

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February 15th, 2023 at 10:40:40 PM permalink

Wordle #607 February 16: 3/6 birdie

STARE / BBYBB
MANGO / GGBYB
MAGIC / Correct

Odd... Yesterday my turn 2 score was also GGBYB.

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February 16th, 2023 at 12:10:55 AM permalink

Wordle 607 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ STARE
⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ DAILY
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 MANIC
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAGIC

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February 16th, 2023 at 5:23:46 AM permalink

And sometimes you just get really lucky ...

Wordle 607 3/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ DIRTY
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ CHOPS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAGIC // I was thinking JUICE, QUICK & FLICK as well

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February 16th, 2023 at 5:45:51 AM permalink

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GYPSY is a pretty darn good guess... but incorrect.

After XYLYL is played, given a clue pattern of xGxYx, the word PYGMY would also still be possible.
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Where is "WHIZZ" among worst first-word choices?

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February 16th, 2023 at 8:04:35 AM permalink

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Where is "WHIZZ" among worst first-word choices?

I don't see that word listed on any of the various website and discussion boards that talk about the worst starting Wordle words. I suspect it's not quite as bad as any of these:

QAJAQ
JUJUS
JAZZY
IMMIX
JEEZE
YUKKY
PZAZZ
JAFFA
XYLYL
SUSUS

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February 16th, 2023 at 8:34:09 AM permalink

If the Average Number of Words Remaining is the metric used, IMMIX seems to be the worst starting word of all of the words I checked, with an average of 967.40 words remaining.

Next up is QAJAQ with an average of 925.11 words remaining.

Again, note that Average number of Words Remaining is not the only metric that should be used. For example, all of the top bots on the Wordlebot leaderboard use SALET as their opening starter... and yet as shown, SLATE and CRANE and SOARE all leave on average less words remaining than SALET.

(The average number of words remaining in the table above are all based upon the original 2,315 word data set.)

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February 16th, 2023 at 9:23:43 AM permalink

Wordle 607 3/6

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February 16th, 2023 at 4:05:33 PM permalink

,3 tonight February 16

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February 16th, 2023 at 9:12:14 PM permalink

Wordle 608 4/6

⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ocean
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 carte
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 cause
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 cache

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February 16th, 2023 at 10:51:23 PM permalink

Wordle #608 February 17: 4/6 par

STARE / BBYBG
ALIVE / YBBBG
MANGE / BGBBG
CACHE / Correct

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February 17th, 2023 at 2:26:07 AM permalink

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February 17th, 2023 at 4:31:56 AM permalink

Wordle 608 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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February 17th, 2023 at 4:34:18 AM permalink

Wordle 608 3/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ READS
⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 PATCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CACHE

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February 17th, 2023 at 6:06:54 AM permalink

Wordle 608 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 STARE
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 CANOE
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 CABLE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CACHE -- Are you supposed to pronounce the E at the end?

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February 17th, 2023 at 6:15:44 AM permalink

Quote: Wizard
Wordle 608 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 STARE
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 CANOE
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 CABLE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CACHE -- Are you supposed to pronounce the E at the end?

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I initially asked the exact same question as you. Then I used Google and edited my post to delete the question.

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February 17th, 2023 at 7:48:40 AM permalink

Wordle 608 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

POSIT
YEARN
MULCH
CACHE

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February 17th, 2023 at 8:30:22 AM permalink

Quote: teliot

https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+cache

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Dang, I've been pronouncing it wrong all these years. I have caches of water all over Mount Charleston.

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February 17th, 2023 at 9:18:51 AM permalink

Wordle 608 4/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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February 17th, 2023 at 6:09:47 PM permalink

3 tonight February 17

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February 17th, 2023 at 11:10:40 PM permalink

Wordle #609 February 18: 4/6 par

STARE / BBGBB
PIANO / BYGBB
CLAIM / BYGGB
AVAIL / Correct

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February 18th, 2023 at 3:45:25 AM permalink

Wordle 609 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ LOSER
⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ PLANT
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ CHALK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AVAIL

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