Wordle....What are your starting words??

[ExiledInIllinois]

Got it on 2 today!  Got skunked yesterday!

 

 

[SinceThe70s]

29 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

Lol that was fun.  My first guess got me division and age.  I got it on my 2nd.  Before my first guess i tried to take a guy with a long name not knowing the criteria and assuming it would be letters.  Tre’Davious White wasn’t availabile so I ended up with a guy that really narrowed it down.  I had two greens and a yellow.  What does yellow mean?  Close?

 

I think yellow for the division (i.e. - AFC East) means correct conference but wrong division.

[TheCockSportif]

1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Got it on 2 today!  Got skunked yesterday!

 

 

Well done!

 

I had 2 x 2s and 2 x 3s last week.  I've been 3s and 4s thus far this week.

 

Don't recall if I mentioned it before, but ANISE is another solid starting word.

[4merper4mer]

1 hour ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

I think yellow for the division (i.e. - AFC East) means correct conference but wrong division.

My yelllow was on height and the two players had similar but not exact height.

[ExiledInIllinois]

The football one cool... Will play that more.  Would have had earlier, but didn't read directions.   Had green on position, number,  and yellow on conference! /smdh...

 

It was a no-brainer had I read directions! Probably would had that in two! 😆 

[BarleyNY]

I use SAUTE.  My son uses AEGIS and my daughter uses AUDIO.  I am 53 for 53. 

[4merper4mer]

I had never considered this strategy but it seems to be the answer to everything as far as this board is concerned ……..

 

 

if we just cut or trade Edmunds will we all be able to win these games on our first move every day?  

[DD4Bills]

http://www.lewdlegame.com

 

You're welcome.

[ExiledInIllinois]

On 4/21/2022 at 9:37 PM, BarleyNY said:

I use SAUTE.  My son uses AEGIS and my daughter uses AUDIO.  I am 53 for 53. 

Everyone is a winner.  You have 6 tries to get a 5 letter word w/26 letters in alphabet! 😏 

 

Only time remotely getting skunked is on words that you get say last four letters (or similar) w/like 3 choices left... That's just bad luck like:

 

R OUND

S OUND

F OUND

M OUND 

P OUND

W OUND

H OUND

B OUND

 

Good luck w/that one with 5-1 choices left.  That's 8 consonants! That's bad luck hitting the last 4 even w/the first try!

 

So... It's bad luck to LOSE.  

Edited April 26, 2022 by ExiledInIllinois

[BarleyNY]

1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Everyone is a winner.  You have 6 tries to get a 5 letter word w/26 letters in alphabet! 😏 

 

Only time remotely getting skunked is on words that you get say last four letters (or similar) w/like 3 choices left... That's just bad luck like:

 

R OUND

S OUND

F OUND

M OUND 

P OUND

W OUND

H OUND

B OUND

 

Good luck w/that one with 5-1 choices left.  That's 8 consonants! That's bad luck hitting the last 4 even w/the first try!

 

So... It's bad luck to LOSE.  

Fair point.  When I am in that position I just try words with 4 of the possible consonants in them.  That usually gives me the missing letter on the first try.

[4merper4mer]

8 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Everyone is a winner.  You have 6 tries to get a 5 letter word w/26 letters in alphabet! 😏 

 

Only time remotely getting skunked is on words that you get say last four letters (or similar) w/like 3 choices left... That's just bad luck like:

 

R OUND

S OUND

F OUND

M OUND 

P OUND

W OUND

H OUND

B OUND

 

Good luck w/that one with 5-1 choices left.  That's 8 consonants! That's bad luck hitting the last 4 even w/the first try!

 

So... It's bad luck to LOSE.  

Put in a word like “wraps” in that spot to narrow it way down.

[Philly McButterpants]

Has anyone tried the Quordle?  9 tries to guess 4 words:  https://www.quordle.com/#/

Edited June 4, 2022 by Philly McButterpants

[Beerball]

On 3/29/2022 at 3:05 PM, Special K said:

I start with:

LIONS and TAMER

 

You get vowels A E I and O plus consonants L N S T M and R.

 

Anyone have anything better that that?

My starting words are “I don’t Wordle.”

[ExiledInIllinois]

The algorithm has figured out... That:

 

CRANE

 

is the best starting would... You eliminate more 5 letter words than any other word in the English language. 

[Augie]

15 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

The algorithm has figured out... That:

 

CRANE

 

is the best starting would... You eliminate more 5 letter words than any other word in the English language. 

 

So, are you an algorithm now? 

 

I like to start with an “S” in the last position. That is often the correct spot for it because it covers anything that is plural and a lot of verbs. 

[Special K]

On 4/26/2022 at 10:54 AM, ExiledInIllinois said:

Everyone is a winner.  You have 6 tries to get a 5 letter word w/26 letters in alphabet! 😏 

 

Only time remotely getting skunked is on words that you get say last four letters (or similar) w/like 3 choices left... That's just bad luck like:

 

R OUND

S OUND

F OUND

M OUND 

P OUND

W OUND

H OUND

B OUND

 

Good luck w/that one with 5-1 choices left.  That's 8 consonants! That's bad luck hitting the last 4 even w/the first try!

 

So... It's bad luck to LOSE.  

 

Thats what broke my 69 game win streak the other day...

 

The word was CREAK

 

my last three guesses were:

 

BREAK

FREAK

WREAK

 

Why I picked wreak over creak, I’m still trying to figure out.

[ExiledInIllinois]

1 minute ago, Special K said:

 

Thats what broke my 69 game win streak the other day...

 

The word was CREAK

 

my last three guesses were:

 

BREAK

FREAK

WREAK

 

Why I picked wreak over creak, I’m still trying to figure out.

Yeah... CREAK is stealth.  Most of the time I associate it with: CREEK... Or as we say: CRICK. 😏 

1 hour ago, Augie said:

 

So, are you an algorithm now? 

 

I like to start with an “S” in the last position. That is often the correct spot for it because it covers anything that is plural and a lot of verbs. 

CRANE is damn near perfect.   Never fails me. 

Play Octordle... Use CRANE and see how many greens you get.

[4merper4mer]

1 hour ago, Special K said:

 

Thats what broke my 69 game win streak the other day...

 

The word was CREAK

 

my last three guesses were:

 

BREAK

FREAK

WREAK

 

Why I picked wreak over creak, I’m still trying to figure out.

In that scenario, instead of break guess frown, eliminating f and w.  Then guess batch testing the b and c.

1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Yeah... CREAK is stealth.  Most of the time I associate it with: CREEK... Or as we say: CRICK. 😏 

CRANE is damn near perfect.   Never fails me. 

Play Octordle... Use CRANE and see how many greens you get.

If the goal is to finish by six, the first three words should be the focus, not the first individual word.  If you play it right you can use the 15 most common letters in five letter words.

[SinceThe70s]

Here's another one I play daily. I found that if I put it in hard mode I solve it in less turns but longer clock time.

 

https://crosswordle.serializer.ca/

[Special K]

2 hours ago, 4merper4mer said:

In that scenario, instead of break guess frown, eliminating f and w.  Then guess batch testing the b and c.

 

 

You’re right...I thought of that afterwards....won’t make that mistake again.👍