- #3,746
- 22,230
- 13,824
Wordle 1 004 3/6
That was my previous guess.gmax137 said:It was really the only choice after SMELT
Let me add one from the other end of the spectrumβ¦OmCheeto said:Wordle 1,006 1/6
I swear to god, I did not cheat.
Thewordfinder.com does not seem to exclude words that are not on the Wordle solutions list. This makes it less effective. There are other websites that do (or offer the option).Mister T said:There's been some discussion of using a spreadsheet to help solve wordle. Yesterday I ran across several websites such as thewordfinder.com. Is this effectively the same as a spreadsheet?
It is a single player game played solely for your own enjoyment. Do whatever you find more fun. If you would find it fun to have someone tell you the solution every morning so you always get 1/6, you do you. It doesnβt affect my game.Mister T said:Do people find the use of such websites cheating?
[Citation needed]Mister T said:It seems this is going to cause a drop in the popularity of wordle.
It's just my opinion. Wordle's popularity will fade. I suppose with a bit of research I could find cases of other games whose popularity faded. One of the things that I enjoy about it is the friendly competition, but I enjoy it less knowing that other people are relying on resources other than their own vocabulary.Orodruin said:[Citation needed]
That popularity fades is not in question. The controversial statement is that this will be sped up by the existence of tools. Some people find that using such tools - or spreadsheets - actually enhances their game experience. Let them do so I say. It doesn't affect my game or my enjoyment of the game. Just looking in this thread, people's results overall or on individual games cannot be compared. There are a lot of variations on the personal "rules" we impose on ourselves. Many keep spreadsheets and list "taken" words, that makes the game less fun for me so why would it impact my game? Others do "hard" mode, which just doesn't make sense to me but does to others. "Friendly competition" was always unbalanced.Mister T said:It's just my opinion. Wordle's popularity will fade. I suppose with a bit of research I could find cases of other games whose popularity faded. One of the things that I enjoy about it is the friendly competition, but I enjoy it less knowing that other people are relying on resources other than their own vocabulary.
I wonder if others have similar feelings.
I think Wordle is intended to be ephemeral since, by all accounts, words are to be used only once. There are about 2300 common words from which the daily puzzle is chosen and about 13,000 acceptable 5-letter words. I enjoy using the extended list if I need a specific combination of letters because I discover new words and learn something from the experience. My most memorable example was when I needed a 5-letter word with WKF in it and I found WAKFS. It made my day and helped me zero in the answer more quickly.Mister T said:It's just my opinion. Wordle's popularity will fade. I suppose with a bit of research I could find cases of other games whose popularity faded. One of the things that I enjoy about it is the friendly competition, but I enjoy it less knowing that other people are relying on resources other than their own vocabulary.
I wonder if others have similar feelings.
Good point. I see a lot of overlap, though, between sportsmanlike competition and camaraderie.kuruman said:We all get what we want out of it in a spirit of camaraderie, not competition.