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[kuruman]

I know, but which one? according to anywhere on the Internet: . . .

Good question. Once in a while a word not on the original canonical list of ~2300 words appears on the daily puzzle. The frequency of these appearances may or may not increase as the original list dwindles.
Is a human behind the choice or a bot? Don't forget that human or random choice are no longer the only possibilities. There is also AI-generated in-between possibility.

I don't understand why the full 12,966 words are not used . . .

Probably because a word like ULYIE or WAKFS (the plural of a variant, no less) are on the acceptable extended list and I used them both for filters. However, people who rely on their memory and not on bookkeeping spreadsheets would stop playing if these appeared on the daily puzzle. So some entity, most likely a human or AI, had to pare down the ~13,000 words to a list that would be challenging, doable in 6 tries and not off-putting.

By off-putting I mean converting a 4-letter word to a 5-letter word merely by appending an "S" to make it plural. For example "TRAYS" is on the extended list but would be off-putting as a daily word because its provenance is a 4-letter word. Nevertheless, plurals are not strictly excluded. WOMAN and WOMEN appear on both lists as 5-letter words.

It would make the game more fun and a computer program much simpler.

My guess is that few people write computer programs as an aid for playing the game.

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[Orodruin]

doable in 6 tries

This is actually a good question. Is Wordle solvable in the sense that you can make guesses to ensure that you never lose? In hard mode the answer is likely no as there are guesses that can make you end up in situations where you simply cannot get the answer with 100% certainty (although it may be possible to avoid such guesses I guess)

 

[jack action]

Wordle 1,245 3/6

[SNORE] 125 left
[LAITY] filter - 3 left: TABBY TACKY TAFFY
[TACKY] most probable (with TAFFY as a very close second, but not TABBY for sure)

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 37/15 - 71.2%/28.8%

 

[OmCheeto]

If you have a New York Times subscription, Wordlebot[WB] will tell you how many words are remaining after your first guess. Interpolating the number of words on the WB list to my list, it appears that there are now around 3100 ±260 solution words.

GAME #	SOLUTION	MY SEED	REMAINING ON MY LIST	REMAINING ON WB LIST	MY SIZE	IMPLIED WB SIZE
1242	FLOWN	SOAPY	160	199	2399	2984
1236	TRULY	SAFER	137	163	2399	2854
1231	SIXTH	READY	288	352	2399	2932
1225	WREAK	BISON	502	705	2399	3369
1213	GAMUT	SIREN	252	347	2399	3303
1207	JOINT	GLARE	284	376	2399	3176

'remaining' includes past played solution words, as Wordlebot claims not to know which ones have been played.
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Unfortunately, I've only collected about 90 of the extra words. Once in a while, after playing the game, WB's analysis of my game will say something like; "This was a great choice. ROTLS would've been one of my top picks. You've narrowed it down to only three remaining words: VILLA, QUALM or UVULA."

UVULA was not on my original list so I added it during game #1091. I've been doing this since game #728, when I added PARCH & LARCH.

The most I ever added in one game was 4, during game #1038: ASTER, ASKER, RESAW, and LASER.


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[gmax137]

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[dwarde]

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[Orodruin]

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I did it, I changed my seed words … Paid off. Only one possibility left even if I would have ignored the blanks …

 

[jack action]

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[SONAR] 1 left
[VISOR]

I did it, I changed my seed words … Paid off.

I know the feeling!

 

[kuruman]

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[OmCheeto]

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[gmax137]

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[dwarde]

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[jack action]

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[PLANE] 33 left
[HOTLY] filter - 1 left
[TALLY]

 

[OmCheeto]

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[dwarde]

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[gmax137]

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EDIT: This is too much like #1245 from 2 days ago!

 

[ChaseLess]

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#GuessTheHouse #55

#BuildingBeginner
https://guessthe.house/p/55

 

[Orodruin]

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4 possibilities, 3 of which were already used


This is something I’m noticing more and more. In many cases a significant number of possible solutions are ruled out simply on the grounds of being used already. In this case GRAIL, RIVAL, VIRAL. All used.

 

[kuruman]

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(Forgot to post yesterday)

 

[dwarde]

The Unexplained.
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[jack action]

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[OPTIC] 26 left
[DRAWL] filter - 1 left
[FRAIL]

 

[OmCheeto]

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[gmax137]

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Wow, I see 2 choices left
Wrong!

 

[ChaseLess]

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#GuessTheLogo #64
®
#BrandBeginner
https://guessthelogo.wtf/p/64

 

[kuruman]

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[jack action]

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[CRUEL] 155 left
[NOISY] filter - 1 left
[GOING]

 

[gmax137]

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SPITE
CLIMB
FROWN
GOING

 

[dwarde]

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[Orodruin]

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[ChaseLess]

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[OmCheeto]

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[jack action]

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[MOTEL] 107 left
[SARIN] filter - 5 left: EKING EYING KNIFE NICHE NIECE
[NICHE] most probable

I could have used GUSTY as a filter word, which would have guaranteed an answer in 4, but I went for the kill by choosing the most probable word.

My preferred words were (in order): NICHE KNIFE NIECE EYING EKING.

I was torn apart selecting between NICHE and KNIFE as my first guess and EYING and EKING were not really considered.

most-probable method count update (Success/Fail): 38/15 - 71.7%/28.3%

 

[gmax137]

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do you say "nitch" or "neesh"?

 

[OmCheeto]

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[dwarde]

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