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wowsers, that took me until the last go, spent ages before my last chance just trying to think of any 5 letter word with my remaining letters....

I'm not clicking the spolier, but I'm in the same position as sadexpunk with 2 goes to go!

failed. didnt think to try whats in the spoiler...

Late to the party - my first go.  I like this, can see it becoming a daily thing!

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OK, I used the spoiler.

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does this work?

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4 again! In 7 attempts I've had 6 4s and a 6.

Wordle 208 4/6

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Finally succumbed!. Got it in 4.

Today pretty much as per @blokeuptheroad, without the fourth line.
A good way to spend the time waiting for the kettle to boil and coffee to steep.

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does this work?

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it does if you spell spoiler right 😉

Took a bit of head scratching

Wordle 208 5/6

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@danposs86 - very similar to me. I must have spent 10 minutes staring at it trying to work out ANY words that would fit after I'd got to the point of the two greens!

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Wordle 208 4/6

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Also similar!

4 for me again today. Spent far too long thinking about it but I guess it paid off in the end 🙂

I like this, can see it becoming a daily thing!

I do it every morning while drinking my morning brew, really helps kickstart the old grey matter and give s me time to think the puzzle through.

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Second guess was a mistake, went hunting for more vowels, should have focused on consonants.

Wordle 209 5/6

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I made it harder than it actually was 🤦🏻‍♂️

Nasty one today as I had the first two and the last letter giving me a lot of possible words to try for the last 3 goes so jut got lucky with the 6th guess

Wordle 209 4/6

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Felt I got lucky, completed that one in much less time than any others.

Nasty one today as I had the first two and the last letter giving me a lot of possible words to try for the last 3 goes so jut got lucky with the 6th guess

Same here but went 50/50 on my two thoughts and went the wrong way.

Nasty one today as I had the first two and the last letter giving me a lot of possible words to try for the last 3 goes so jut got lucky with the 6th guess

Agreed, got there in 5 but having got the first 4 getting the fifth one right within 6 just came down to luck.

Maybe a lucky guess today but nailed it in 3

Nasty one today as I had the first two and the last letter giving me a lot of possible words to try for the last 3 goes so jut got lucky with the 6th guess

Similar but managed in 5

Wordle 209 5/6

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First time I've had no hits at all on the first line.

Failed yesterday but got it in three today 🙂

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Got it in 2 but then I read thols2 spoiler last night at 11pm assuming it was about yesterday not today, didn’t remember it until I saw the first matches, didn’t seem worth trying not to remember…

ooo let me play 🙂

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Failed yesterday but got it in three today 🙂

SNAP!

Wordle 209 3/6

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Happy with that one!!!

DrP

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DrP - what was your second row word?!

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Failed two days on the run so pretty pleased to get today quite quick.

Tried this harder version yesterday, there's a long explanation around what makes it different, but I couldn't get my head around it.

Worth a look if you're desperate for another fix

Absurdle

That absurdle is quite nice.

My understanding is that absurdle does not select a word at the beginning, but instead prunes the list with each of your guesses until only one word remains (kind of like highlander;-).

So the challenge isn't to "guess" the word, it's to prune the list to only a single word in the minimum number of steps.

My best so far is 11.

Scratch that, got to an answer in 8.

I got today's Wordle (14 Jan) on second attempt! Well chuffed with that.

I wonder if anybody has entered the answer as their first word...

question:
If you used the Miketually method ROUTE followed by SNAIL, if you got an amber on the first would you still go for the second regardless?

I find it useful to rule out/in some more letters so almost always use SNAIL second. I might not if I got a green.

I started with SCOPE. Nil.

Then, for some reason, chose THIS.... click for the grande reveal!

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I always use ALIEN and then YOUTH to start.

Identifies all possible vowel sounds in two goes.

If you used the Miketually method ROUTE followed by SNAIL, if you got an amber on the first would you still go for the second regardless?

I start with IDEAL and decide the second word based on the response to the first. I think you are better to work on consonants with the second rather than persisting with vowels if you hit a vowel in the first. I tend to use words like TRAIN as the second, depending on the results of the first (TRAIN is good if you get a yellow I and A, for example). Sticking with the same two starting words is mostly just wasting opportunities to get information.

I quite like starting with GREAT or ABOUT, they use lots of commonly occurring letters and I do like to narrow down the vowels as soon as possible. I think a lot is luck (sorry) I have scored two a couple of times (have been doing it for about 10 days) I am usually 4/5 and got a 6 this morning. I think I perform better when I do not over think it!

WGAF

I use Stare as that's 5 of the 8 most commonly used letters, then go from there.

Wordle 210 3/6

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Nil points for red thunder - you need a word with five letters, and it needs to be in the dictionary.

redthunder
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YLFAF?

@thols2 are you in a different time zone as you seem to get the next word before we do in the uk.

@thols2 are you in a different time zone as you seem to get the next word before we do in the uk.

I run all my communications through The Onion Router. My internet life has no timezone.

@sobriety thanks for that simple explanation, makes perfect sense now. I somehow managed to read the provided explanation on absurdle without understanding or taking any of it in whatsoever!

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I found this one really hard!

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One letter short

Tried Absurdle twice, got in in 6 both times. In 22 attempts at Wordle I've got it in...

1 never
2 4 times
3 9 times
4 4 times
5 3 times
6 2 times

Tried Absurdle twice, got in in 6 both times.

Thing with Absudle is that, if you just enter the same word at each stage, you'll end up with the same final word. I've managed it in five words twice (using different starting words). My guess is that it's probably not possible to solve in less than four, but if you find the optimum sequence of words, you'll be able to solve it in the minimum every time. I think it would be more interesting if it started you with a randomly selected word for the first word.

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Not sure I'm learning a strategy day on day

I'm learning to make words with the letters I haven't used for the first 3 guessed to get the letters as fast as possible. Mostly get it on the 4th try unless it's pretty obvious early on. Definitely wakes the old grey matter up every morning, maybe I'd do better if I did them later in the day but I don't care!

I can't really see the merit of leaving out the letter you got right in the first go.

whoop whoop, got it in two!! thatll never happen again.

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Wordle 210 3/6

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I’m ok with that 🙂

How do I share my result, I can only find a share button that screenshots my ongoing score over the top. (I'm using web browser, are you all using an App?)

when i click share on that results page it says 'copied to clipboard'.

i then just paste it straight here.

i can see why youd think that its only copying the score tho, but it does actually copy the game.

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How do I share my result

This threw me also. You get a 'share' button when you complete it, it's not present until then.

Wordle 210 3/6

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Happy here also 🙂

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I'm not getting much better at this. Maybe I need to think about some kind of strategy instead of wordy randomness! Still, it's only day 3 for me. I'll get better. Won't I?

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Thanks guys, share copy text it is (ignore screenshot options)

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Wordle 210 5/6

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If you've got 2 greens and there are a number of words you can make with the remaining letters, I'm not sure there's any strategy that would help you choose one over another. At that point it's just luck, Shirley?

If you’ve got 2 greens and there are a number of words you can make with the remaining letters, I’m not sure there’s any strategy that would help you choose one over another. At that point it’s just luck, Shirley?

Yep the whole game is complete luck, today there were pretty much only two words I could choose by the 4th go and I chose the wrong one.

Saying that you need to be able to think of the possible words so it should really be a timed game to give it an element of competition.

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I'll take that 🙂

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started it at 7 while I was waiting for it get light enough to surf. Was too early. Just finished it.

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My first go after seeing this thread. I think I could like this!

I'm in.

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Nearly cocked up today's one by thinking 'Nah, can't be the obvious one' when I could think of three choices with one guess left. Thankfully changed my mind at the last second! Trying to overthink things I, erm, think.

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Guessed wrong:

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I’m not getting much better at this. Maybe I need to think about some kind of strategy instead of wordy randomness! Still, it’s only day 3 for me. I’ll get better. Won’t I?

That's better! Taken me 5 goes every day, then this.

Wordle 211 3/6

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Got lucky today. First guess, two green and two yellow. Got it in the next guess.

How are people posting those patterns?

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EDIT:

How are people posting those patterns?

when youve completed it and the little box comes up showing your results, hit 'share'. it copies to clipboard then post straight in here.

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Ah, thanks for that. Easier to post than it looked.