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[Mister T]

For example, if there are three possible words left and guessing either wont distinguish between the other two - I will go for a wrong guess that is guaranteed to resolve the degeneracy.

Then you'll get it in exactly two more guesses. The alternative is take a guess and you only have a 2 in 3 chance of getting it in two more guesses, but you have a 1 in 3 chance of getting it in one more guess. I prefer to play the odds.

Edit: Plus, there's a chance there are choices other than the three you think.

So it should be called ”easy mode”?

For me, yes.

 

[Mister T]

Wordle 980 X/6*

 

[Orodruin]

Then you'll get it in exactly two more guesses. The alternative is take a guess and you only have a 2 in 3 chance of getting it in two more guesses, but you have a 1 in 3 chance of getting it in one more guess. I prefer to play the odds.

That was my point. Expectation value is the same so then I minimize variance.

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 980 X/6*

Now don’t you wish you could make informational guesses?

 

[gmax137]

Wordle 980 5/6

AUDIO
SHINE
MITER
PROOF
PIPER

After my word 3 I saw ten valid words. So I felt OK picking a test for word 4.

 

[Orodruin]

Now that feels more like usual …

Wordle 981 4/6

 

[fresh_42]

Indeed.

Wordle 981 4/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 981 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 981 3/6





Word 2 is a classic example of what @Orodruin calls informational guess. I excluded the 2 letters I already knew were there (no information here) and picked a word which gave me 4 letters that appeared more than once among the 8 remaining candidates. Word 3 was filtered as the only candidate left.

 

[Mister T]

Wordle 981 3/6*

 

[gmax137]

Wordle 981 3/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 982 3/6






I'm so old, I still remember the last office on the floor.

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 982 3/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 982 4/6

 

[Mister T]

Wordle 982 3/6*

 

[gmax137]

Wordle 982 3/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 983 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 982 3/6

 

[OmCheeto]

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blech!!!

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 983 3/6

 

[gmax137]

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I'm beginning to think they ALL start with S

 

[Mister T]

Wordle 983 4/6*

 

[Orodruin]

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[fresh_42]

Wordle 984 4/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 984 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 984 4/6

 

[gmax137]

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[Mister T]

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[OmCheeto]

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[sbrothy]

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I should have had that one in two. But yeah. 20-20 hindsight and all.

Spoiler

https://ibb.co/TTcd59z

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 985 3/6

 

[gmax137]

Wordle 985 3/6

 

[Mister T]

Wordle 985 5/6*

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 986 4/6

 

[OmCheeto]

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