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[Wrichik Basu]

Wordle 510 4/6

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 510 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 510 4/6

 

[kuruman]

After 108 attempts, I am getting a pretty decent normal distribution with $\bar x = 3.7$ and $\sigma = 0.9$. Don't ask about error bars.

 

[fresh_42]

After 108 attempts, I am getting a pretty decent normal distribution with $\bar x = 3.7$ and $\sigma = 0.9$. Don't ask about error bars.
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Which website or program did you use?

 

[Orodruin]

After 108 attempts, I am getting a pretty decent normal distribution with $\bar x = 3.7$ and $\sigma = 0.9$. Don't ask about error bars.
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Looks like a pretty discrete distribution to me …

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 511 2/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 511 6/6








$\mu=4.304\, , \,\sigma =1.178$

 

[kuruman]

Which website or program did you use?

I go to https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html for the daily puzzle. It provides the histogram after the solution is completed. I eyeballed the "fit" on Excel using NORM.DIST.

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 511 5/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 511 3/6

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Wordle 512 4/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 512 4/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 512 5/6

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 512 5/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 512 4/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 513 5/6

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 543 3/6





oops.

[Edit]
Someone remember the above.

Wordle 513 4/6






[/Edit]

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 513 5/6

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Wordle 513 3/6

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 513 4/6

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Wordle 514 4/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 514 X/6








$\mu=4.325\, , \,\sigma =1.188$

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 514 4/6

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 514 5/6

 

[kuruman]

According to the rules at https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html the significance of the color coding is

In 513 the evaluation of my second attempt was

Do you see the inconsistency? The "E" in the first spot is coded as "not in the word in any spot" (emphasis mine). Yet, the "E" in spot 5 is coded "in the word and in the correct spot". How can "E" be simultaneously not in the word in any spot and in the word in spot 5? It seems to me that the "E" in the first spot should be coded "in the word but in the wrong spot" which matches what it is. It looks like the evaluation algorithm distinguishes letters in mysterious ways. Either that or there is a bug somewhere.

I sent an email about this to the contact link, but received no reply yet. I am not holding my breath although I received an automated response asking me "To help us improve our tools and services, we invite you to share feedback about your recent email with Customer Care on November 14." I am not sending any feedback unless I receive something to feed on.

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 514 3/6

 

[Orodruin]

Do you see the inconsistency? The "E" in the first spot is coded as "not in the word in any spot" (emphasis mine). Yet, the "E" in spot 5 is coded "in the word and in the correct spot". How can "E" be simultaneously not in the word in any spot and in the word in spot 5? It seems to me that the "E" in the first spot should be coded "in the word but in the wrong spot" which matches what it is. It looks like the evaluation algorithm distinguishes letters in mysterious ways. Either that or there is a bug somewhere.

I mean, the correct interpretation should be that the second E is not in the word. One E is already marked as in the word and in the correct spot. Marking the letters that are in the correct spot first thankfully is done consistently.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Wordle 515 6/6

 

[.Scott]

A friend of mine always starts with 'EARLY' and 'PIOUS'.

I start with "LATER". Then depending on the result, I will do one of about 90 words including these: "MUONS", "SODIC", "CIONS", "SCION", "PIOUS", "MINKS", "PYINS", "MINUS", "COIFS", "CHOPS", "BOHOS", "SINUS", "KUMYS", "BINGY", "SOUPY", "BONUS", "BIGOS", "INCUS", "CODON", "DISHY", "FOODY", "CISSY", "HONDS", "PIOYS", "NIDUS", "MINDS", "HYMNS", "BUMPS", "BONDS", "SHINS", "FINOS", "BIFFS", "PHONS", "CHIPS", "WHUPS", "YONIS", "BIDON", "BUSHY", "BUMFS", "BUMPH", "CHICK"

For example, if I get no matches at all (-----), then "MUONS" works well. With a direct hit on the middle letter but no other matches (--M--), then "SOUPY" is best. After my "LATER", your friends second pick "PIOUS" is also my pick for patterns "mm---", "-mm--", "m-mM-", "-mm-m", "---Mm", and "m--MM".

Using this method, my results for today is:

Wordle 514 4/6

 

[.Scott]

According to the rules at https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html the significance of the color coding is ...

Do you see the inconsistency? The "E" in the first spot is coded as "not in the word in any spot" (emphasis mine). Yet, the "E" in spot 5 is coded "in the word and in the correct spot". How can "E" be simultaneously not in the word in any spot and in the word in spot 5? It seems to me that the "E" in the first spot should be coded "in the word but in the wrong spot" which matches what it is. It looks like the evaluation algorithm distinguishes letters in mysterious ways. Either that or there is a bug somewhere.

Their legend is not correct - but they probably don't want to explain how double letters are dealt with in the legend. I expect most users that have played more than a dozen ties have worked it out for themselves.

 

[OmCheeto]

Wordle 515 4/6

 

[fresh_42]

Wordle 515 4/6






$\mu=4.322\, , \,\sigma =1.184$

 

[Orodruin]

Wordle 515 6/6








That was rough …
… took me quite some time to come up with a 5th guess that would guarantee victory.

 

[kuruman]

Wordle 515 3/6