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[Aoi]

So I decided to kick around the Wordle (NYT version, valid as of posting time) answer list to see check the parameters for words, and...

Spoiler: "Not directly answer related." (click to show/hide)

There are 2309 words on the answer list, and some ~9000 more in the dictionary.

Spoiler: "On plurals." (click to show/hide)

There are no simple plurals on the list. You can stop putting 'S' in the 5th slot all the time; I didn't check for complex plurals though, as there's no tidy way to do so.

Spoiler: "On repeating letters." (click to show/hide)

There is at least one word that has three of the same letter. Good luck. (Though Absurdle players are probably familiar.)

Spoiler: "On vowels." (click to show/hide)

There is at least one word that does not have AEIOU. (For extra fun: At least one of them was NOT featured on those expletive cans in The 7th Guest.)

Spoiler: "On a certain tragedy." (click to show/hide)

'Dwarf' was the 12th word and we missed it. 

If anybody's wondering about something specific, let me know and I can check.

[Ziusudra]

Not sure if this one counts or not, because it uses pictures instead of letters.

https://www.dungleon.com/

Ooh, they added dark mode.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

https://www.dungleon.com #21 5/6
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟪🟪🟪🟨
🟪🟨🟩🟩🟪
🟪🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🪄
10⚔️ 14👹 9🪙
streak: 4

Meanwhile,
Wordle 252 5/6
🟪🟨🟨🟪🟪
🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟨🟩🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟩🟪🟪

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I did not expect twink to be in the word list.

[Iduno]

Despite the answer for the first puzzle I did being "Aboot", Canuckle is pretty informative and interesting. Knowledge of Canada probably helps a lot, because these are not all words most people would be familiar with (case in point: today's answer), even if most are words you might know with a different meaning (falls, a thing you can do and Falls, referring to Niagara Falls). There are also plurals allowed for some of the words.

Canuckle 18 4/6

⬜🟥⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟥⬜🟨🟥
🟨🟥🟨⬜🟥
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I did not expect twink to be in the word list.

Yeah, I've used that word as well. I'm pretty sure there is a dictionary of words it will accept that is separate from the word list, but I don't know how they decide what is/isn't an acceptable puzzle answer. Twerk also works.

[lemon10]

Canuckle 24 3/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨🟥
🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥


Huh, that might be the best I've ever done in a wordle. The first two was mostly luck, and together gave me the position of 4/5 of the letters for the third, which resulted in a fairly easily victory after I made myself think for a bit.

[Iduno]

Canuckle 24 3/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨🟥
🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥


Huh, that might be the best I've ever done in a wordle. The first two was mostly luck, and together gave me the position of 4/5 of the letters for the third, which resulted in a fairly easily victory after I made myself think for a bit.

Aw, this one didn't have a nice little explanation of why they used that word. I also managed it in 3 after a lucky second word.

Canuckle 24 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟥🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥



Edit: Today did not go as smoothly. I had everything except the first letter figured out due to my lucky (ish, I'd eliminated most letters) 5th guess.
Canuckle 25 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟥
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟥
🟨⬜🟥⬜🟥
⬜⬜⬜🟥⬜
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I should have known that 1 vowel meant a letter was probably used twice.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

And today's little piece of information about the word: PEI produces more potatoes for Canada than any other province and produces 2.5 billion lbs per year!

[Ziusudra]

Not sure if this one counts or not, because it uses pictures instead of letters.

https://www.dungleon.com/

Ooh, they added dark mode.

And now they've added an indicator for doing it the hard way.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

https://www.dungleon.com #31 5/6🔸
🟪🟪🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟨🟩🟩
🟪🟨🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🪄
20⚔️ 29👹 24🪙
streak: 13

[Aoi]

HOOOOOOOOLY!

Canuckle 27 1/6

🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥

Spoiler: "That most glorious word is... (click to show/hide)

SNOWY

Octordle just doesn't seem to grip in the same way. Oh well. Got #43 in 11.

[Mephansteras]

Welp, finally lost a round of Wordle. Though in my defense, a word pattern with more than 6 options really isn't fair. It becomes nothing but luck to figure out which one of the many words that it could be it actually is.

[Aoi]

Welp, finally lost a round of Wordle. Though in my defense, a word pattern with more than 6 options really isn't fair. It becomes nothing but luck to figure out which one of the many words that it could be it actually is.

Wordle 265 X/6

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

I hear ya. My 7th guess would have been wrong too, and there's at least two other words... Though one of them is fairly uncommon.

Edit: Aaaaand my sister looked at it and found another word at a glance. So there's at least 8 words that fit.

[Iduno]

Isn't that why the original had a fairly limited list of words? And also had a person making sure it wasn't unreasonable.

[Robsoie]

There's "Footdle" if you're a FIFA game expert as you have to guess the player amongst the "top 300 rated players from the Top 5 Leagues on Fifa 22"
https://footdle.github.io/

fortunately the game gives you a lot of suggestions (but not enough for me )  when you start to type, giving you a chance when you don't know more than a few of those guys that are in that game top 300

[Il Palazzo]

Welp, finally lost a round of Wordle. Though in my defense, a word pattern with more than 6 options really isn't fair. It becomes nothing but luck to figure out which one of the many words that it could be it actually is.

Wordle 265 X/6

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

I hear ya. My 7th guess would have been wrong too, and there's at least two other words... Though one of them is fairly uncommon.

Edit: Aaaaand my sister looked at it and found another word at a glance. So there's at least 8 words that fit.

When you can see more than two solutions, don't just rely on luck. Especially when you're running out of guesses. The third step in this example should be to pick a word with (ideally) none of the green letters, and as many of the viable first letters as you can cram into it. Pure guesswork is optimal if you think there's no more than two possibilities.

[Aoi]

Welp, finally lost a round of Wordle. Though in my defense, a word pattern with more than 6 options really isn't fair. It becomes nothing but luck to figure out which one of the many words that it could be it actually is.

Wordle 265 X/6

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

I hear ya. My 7th guess would have been wrong too, and there's at least two other words... Though one of them is fairly uncommon.

Edit: Aaaaand my sister looked at it and found another word at a glance. So there's at least 8 words that fit.

When you can see more than two solutions, don't just rely on luck. Especially when you're running out of guesses. The third step in this example should be to pick a word with (ideally) none of the green letters, and as many of the viable first letters as you can cram into it. Pure guesswork is optimal if you think there's no more than two possibilities.

On the other hand...

[Il Palazzo]

Why would any one ever want to turn that on...

[scriver]

I don't turn it on. I just internalise it.