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Wordle - Twitter Data

In my last post, I shared some of the hardest words. Some words took longer to solve, and others had an increased failure rate. I leaned on a Wordle Stats bot on twitter. Now a data scientist from twitter (@LaurenFratamico [https://twitter.com/LaurenFratamico]‎) evaluated the 32 million tweets. From

Quordle Strategy

A few months ago, I introduced a variation of Wordle. The game was Dordle and was basically two games at the same time. Seeing this new variation with 4 games in my radar a few weeks ago, I started off ignoring it. This 4-game version called Quordle has gained some

Hardest Wordle Solutions

There have been many tough Wordle and WordPlay solutions the past couple weeks. The New York Times has actually not changed much. The have removed a few words from the original solution listing. Overall, the words have just randomly become more difficult. What makes a word difficult? Your first or

Problem Words XXXX_

This is the 5th installment for 4 🟩 with possibilities. For this round, I am looking at the situation 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛. Let me start with a clarification. Many of the words in the table below are excluded from the solution list. Many are not common words. In my opinion, removal by the game

WordPlay 94

Over the past few weeks, WordPlay.com [https://www.wordplay.com/] has become a pretty popular website. WordPlay has a daily game where everyone has the same word. You can also practice your skills and play more 5-letter games. WordPlay also has a 6-letter version. Looking at my daily Game

Wordle 281 - NYMPH

Well it finally happened. The first Wordle which didn't include a vowel. Last week, LYNCH was originally scheduled for Wordle 274. But the New York Times adjusted the original Wordle solution list. This isn't the first time this happened. Wordle 241 was AGORA and was changed. This resulted in some

Wordle 282 - FOUND

After a couple tough words this past weekend, Monday was a more normal word. The weekend included a word with an "X" on Saturday with PROXY. Then the Sunday word was the first without a vowel, NYMPH. The word for today, was on my list of words to avoid [https:

Problem Words XXX_X

This is the 4th installment for 4 🟩 words with possibilities. For this round, I am looking at the situation 3 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩. Let me start with a caveat, most of the words in the table below are excluded from the solution list. Now if you are playing Dordle or Quordle, then the

Problem Words XX_XX

As promised, here is the 3rd installment for 4 🟩 words with possibilities. For this round, I am looking at the situation 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩. I actually was surprised at the number of issues that could occur. Looking at the table below, you can see the potential losing situations. I made the words without

Problem Words X_XXX

Sometimes the solution word can introduce a hidden problem. This problem may not show up until the 3 or 4 guess. This issue may not seem bad at first, but 4 green can create many possibilities. On a previous post, I discussed the punt strategy to increase your chance for

Hard Mode Wordle

Many haven't tried hard mode and don't even know about it. Hard mode is how most people already play, in general. When using hard mode, you give up on your ability to use the punt strategy [https://www.wordnerdle.com/wordle-punt-strategy/]. Let me start by explaining hard mode [https://www.

Wordle Ending In "S"

Quite often, I find myself trying a word which ends in "S". Sometimes it is easier to think of a 4-letter word. Then simply make it plural. I have a quiz for you. What percent (%) of 5-letter words end with an "S"? Write that number down or keep a mental

Words To AVOID

There are many words that can get you into trouble. But at first it seems that you are very close to a win. When you get ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 on the 2nd or 3rd word. In hard mode, these should be words to avoid. First, lets look at the entire word list. These

Word Solution Vowels

For this exercise, I will only look at the Wordle curated solution list. For a future post, I will compare the entire accepted word list. I am not looking at the specific vowel. Instead only the number of vowels contained in the 5-letter word solution. The solution list contains 2,

Worldle Game

Worldle is a map based game. Each day, the solution is a random country or territory somewhere in the world. Your job is to guess it with 6 tries. Someone shared this emoji board the other day on twitter, so I had to try. #Worldle #44 5/6 (100%) 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜⬅️ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜➡️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬇️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜↗️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 Worldle

WordPlay 65

I usually start my day with the Daily Wordle. Then the daily game for WordPlay. I do this before I look at facebook or twitter. I see many spoilers posted in my twitter timeline. Sometimes twitter blocks them out, but I have even had a bot comment on my past

Understanding Double-letters

The most confusing and tricky words have double letters. Sometimes we don't consider them. Guessing a double-letter [https://www.wordnerdle.com/wordle-double-letter/] with the 1st or 2nd word is usually a bad play. So sometimes we forget about them in the 5th and 6th guess. Here is a graph to

WordPlay 56

The Daily WordPlay [https://wordplay.com/new] game from last week was a very common word. But this word has make different variants. Here is my play from last week. The biggest learning is that I definitely should have tried an "N" prior to the 6th word. Starting off with

Wordle 251 Solution

This is one of the more difficult daily solutions. You may have missed this one and ruined your streak, but let's learn from the mistakes. I'm going to start with a submission where the player failed to win. Using a two word opener [https://www.wordnerdle.com/two-word-opener/], will help

Wordle Comic

Created by Tom Gauld Via the guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2022/feb/26/tom-gauld-on-the-addictive-qualities-of-wordle-cartoon] Do you THINK in five letters? Begin world peace! 🌍🌎🌏 ☮️ ✌️

Wordle 250 Solution

After a tough word yesterday, the NYT took it easy on people today. The solution is a common word, with mostly common letters. Also, no double-letters. The biggest issue for players is that the word is a "slang term for a common man in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New

WordPlay 55 Solution

The past few days I have been playing the daily game at WordPlay.com. Just like Wordle, there is a daily word at WordPlay. After you are done, you can keep playing. WordPlay has been designed with the same rules, but for a different reason. * WordPlay allows you to practice

Wordle 249 Solution

Yesterday, some were outraged. It even started trending on twitter. The term "Wordle 249 X" was getting 15,000 tweets per hour. People were proudly displaying their failed games because the word was not well known. Other's commented that todays word was used in the children's book, "The Little Mermaid"

Wordle 248 Solution

Today being 2/22/22, must have made NYT soft. Today's Wordle answer is the easiest I've seen in over a month. Many people were able to get the answer in 3 or 4 tries yesterday. Based on the statistics, over 80% solved it in 4 or less. Yesterday, "Wordle

Wordle 247 Solution

Many people had a great Monday with Wordle 247 being somewhat easy. The solution for today really only had one complication. It started with a vowel. Many of my friends and family got it on the 3rd try. Today was my first 2/6. Which means I got the answer