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7 possibilities, lucky with third. A bit of a lottery.

I got through three of them before running out of guesses

I got it on my last roll of the dice, with another 2 options that would have fitted! 

Same here.

Same here but I won't take to Twitter to moan about it!

My first failure: too many possibilities

i just avoided tears:

Wordle 265 6/6

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I wonder how Gordon got on with his starters?

I got lucky, but I was thinking this is one of the very few situations where there is a case for abandoning 'hard mode'.

CHAMP gets you 4 of the possible 7, leaving something like BLOWS to do the rest.

took far too long to get it today:

Wordle 266 5/6

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Today was the hardest one yet:

Wordle 266 4/6

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Gordon with an easy 3 today i reckon...

Wordle 266 3/6

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I'm Gordon

nice one. how did Gordon do yesterday?

Wordle 266 4/6

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I very stupidly rushed it and came up with an obscure idea for step 3, when the correct answer was staring me in the face ...

i thought of an obscure gemstone first- duh

My normal (easy mode) starters left me two options only (I think) at row three: the gemstone and the correct, less obscure, answer. So a three for me today.

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It's a mass-market gemstone, tbf.

You weren't the only one, but I could see no good reason to assume that it wasn't likely to be the answer.

Is there any logic I'm assuming that the most common word is more likely to be the answer?

Exactly what I did. I felt a right chump when I saw the answer.

It depends. In today's case I think it's likely that both possible answers are in the Wordle selection of 2000 or so from which the answers are chosen. If the answers are chosen at random from that list, then there's no reason to favour the more common word. But on previous occasions I think it's at least probable that at some of the choices I've been left with aren't on the list ("wight", "hight" etc). So, over all Wordle's, I think I stand a better chance when left with guesswork if I choose the more common word. But it was just luck that it worked for me today. 

Martin

yes..

Wordle 267 3/6

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Wordle 267 2/6

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My first two!

Wordle 268 2/6

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Well done. Back to average for me.

Wordle 268 4/6

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50/50 for a 3? - chose the wrong one;(

Wordle 268 4/6

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Wordle 268 3/6

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Wordle 269 2/6

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Very satisfactory.

This article - https://slate.com/technology/2022/02/perfect-wordle-guessing-strategy.html - answers your question (solution words are weighted towards common/popular words), and much more about optimal strategies.

Fascinating.

you're on a run. me unfortunate again after lucky first guess:

Wordle 269 3/6

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I thought today's was quite easy, but I must say I'm very impressed how people like you manage to do it in just two steps. I don't know how that's possible, beyond a very inspired guess, because Crossword Solver shows that from your first step above there were 54 possible answers.

I had the same first step, and this was how it went for me:

Wordle 269 3/6

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Well of course it was lucky or inspired, however as has been much debated you apparently ignored your two certainties and used another safe probe, making a two impossible. I'm more of a seat of the pants guy. 

I don't use crossword solver or any aids.

Surely the idea that there is a perfect strategy relies on the assu,ption that we all play in the same way?

Many people seem to enjoy posting that they solved it in the fewest possible attempts possible, my aim is quite simply to solve it quickly within the 6 attempts that are allowed.

Interesting, I've had 6 sixes, several due to inattention I.e using already discounted letters again. I'm keen to keep my 100% record, after four lines I get a bit nervous.

I did not ignore the two certainties - of course I kept them: that gave me (deliberately here using different letters, not to help those who haven't done today's puzzle yet):

A - B - - -

As I say, I've retrospectively used Crossword Solver to find out as a matter of interest just how many possible 5-letter words there were with those letters in that position; and as I say, there were 54.

Of course, I NEVER use Crossword Solver when I'm doing the puzzle. That would be like doing a quiz by looking up all the answers. Completely pointless.

Wordle 269 2/6*

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Snap! My first 2.

Apologies if I implied that you were cheating it was inadvertent.

Back to technique; you kept the two certainties in your head, not on the grid. This means a two is impossible surely?

Wordle 270 X/6

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My first failure, should've got it at line six. 😒 

My first fail today too. Not sure how you managed to save a fail for copying here though. I don't seem to have that option.

Like you I had the last four letters on line 4. I thought I had four options remaining with those four last letters so I tried to eliminate them with a dummy 5th line. (I play "easy" mode where that's possible). But I'd missed one of my options which turned out to be the answer!

Martin

Wordle 270 4/6

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Wordle 270 3/6 using a start word with no vowels. 

crypt?

olive was my starter of the day-only 1 correct letter..

think i had <1/4 chance for 4th guess. what were your chances for your 3rd guess?

Wordle 270 5/6

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Well that was a bummer.

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After reading one of the "character distribution etc" articles linked to somewhere above, I changed this morning's first two words and promptly failed, having 3 goes with the last 4 letters correct wasn't enough 😭

If I'd stuck with my normal 2 starting words I'd have got it in 3.

And then I did Quordle in 7, only just missing a 6.

possibly. we don't know how Gordon did

Pedro ran out of luck today- his Gordon reversal technique ended in tears.,.,

Have been away today. Will try it now.

Rushed it. Made a complete balls-up of it, with a stupid third move. End up on 6th move with just:

– X – X X, where X represents correct letters.

Commiserations, it's definitely not to be rushed. I've taken to turning R4 off.

I actually thought I'd be "clever", and see just how fast I could get the answer! Deeply embarrassing...

Try https://www.scholardle.com/. supposedly harder...I don't agree

How can failure at an inconsequential word game be embarrassing?

(C) Private Eye

Better day today; 3 for Wordle and 6 for Quordle

Steady today:

Wordle 271 4/6

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Today's word was a dirty trick! There will be riots.

Wordle 272 3/6

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All in a day's work!

I got it in 3 myself too but it's still not cricket, is it?

Well it is a word I use and we both got there.

Went all the way to the 6th today, no not cricket, when your head is thinking of letter positioning in English, as opposed to commonly used words. 

your luck returns with your starter today-nearly another 2

i picked the wrong one as well:

Wordle 272 4/6

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Today's word was a great word, let's party

Very lucky first guess today

Wordle 272 2/6

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Luck? I had a tenner on A Plus Tard in the Gold Cup!

Wordle 272 4/6

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Not happy. With them, not me.

Wordle 272 4/6

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Strange one. I thought I must be on for a 2 after my normal starter gave me three letters. 

I wonder if the alternative option starting with H would also have been permitted?

I think we were fore-warned a few weeks ago with the currency example.

Martin

At least Rupee is not spelt with an accent. "Saute" is not a word, "Sauté" is the correct spelling.

I understood that accents are not required when a word is fully capitalised.

Wordle 273 3/6

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Well done.

Wordle 273 4/6

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Wordle in 2 and Worldle in 1 - yay!

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Good work. I should have got Worldle in 1, but got it in 2. Was half a world away on the first guess. Wordle was in 5

Today's... I must have brain fog. I have 3 greens, lines 5 & 6 left, and cannot think of any valid word bar one that seems improbable. I think I'll go for a stroll. 

Duh. 6/6.

Wordle 274 5/6

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Although the answer is quite an ordinary word, it's a tricky one today. 

Wordle 274 5/6

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Good day today

Wordle 274 3/6

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Worldle was hard. Got it in 3 and am learning better how distance translates to longitude at different latitudes.

Did you manage that without an atlas? If so, well done! I had to load Google Earth to get this one. I went for Pakistan first - vaguely the right shape but obviously wrong. Then the clue sent me towards Indonesia so I chose Timor Leste (but might have chosen Singapore). From there I knew whereabouts it must be, but I'd no idea which territories existed there.

Martin

In the end, no. I went Réunion, Macao, then knew where it was. I should have been able to guess it from there since the answer has been in the news and I knew of its existence, if not what shape it is. Unlike...

Whereas today's Worldle I should have got in 1, the answer was my first thought but I persuaded myself to try something else.

Similar to putting in Falklands rather than Svalbard a few days ago. Must learn to trust my first thoughts. 

another of those ordinary words that can be hard to guess, but your starter should get you a 2

Wordle 275 4/6

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Wordle 275 3/6

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Tricky word... still took a lot of thought after getting most of the letters in guess 2...

Wordle 275 3/6

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Tricky but satisfying 

Wordle 275 3/6

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Seemed easy today.

Wordle 275 3/6

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but you lost a good chance for a 2..

Did I? I don't know how. Anyhow, they're good fun these puzzles precisely because you can do them very fast. Not things to get heavy about. Just going for it. Like a quick bout in boxing. Win some, lose some.

Well of course you did. Your obstinate approach of parking certainties and deploying your second safe word ensures this outcome. It's your decision so fair enough but to me it lacks pizzazz. 

I've had two 2s. How many have you had?

I am doing all this map/word/crossword stuff at silly o'clock am. The cat is trying to sit on my lap, I am half awake, there are only 40 or so comments on the Quick crossword and I am reaching for my coffee. Boxing it is not.

You’re right, I actually only had one letter correct in my first line but it left me with a straightforward attempt at a good guess given the letters I had used up.

Wordle 275 2/6

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Awesome!

Wordle 276 4/6

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Close in 3. A slightly odd word, so I'm happy with 4!

Wordle 276 5/6

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Might need to change strategy

5th go for me today. Like you say, unusual word you wouldn’t use that often. Prefer those than the run of the mill words though. 

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Wordle 276 2/6

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Effort. Now trying to work out your starting word… You can reveal all tomorrow!

I tend to go a bit random with my first go and then rein it in on the next goes with the more common letters...

Not sure if it's uncouth to share one's stats (e.g. what grade do you climb?)

I can think of 2 possibilities straight off - and there must be more.

Basically, getting Wordle in 2 always involves some element of luck - I would say more luck than skill/strategy.

Getting in 3 is (IMO) where you can say that skill/strategy is the dominant factor.

Wordle 276 2/6

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Could only think of 3 valid words for line two, went for the most unlikely due to slight hint above. 

I want to know Wilderbeest's! 

Hi,

I change it daily using the most common letters…tried using audio everyday but got bored of that…

actually just reading the above and “bored” would be a good start word for tomorrow…

Yes me too, based loosely on avoiding the previous days' letters

4 for me today but finally got Sweardle in 1

Wordle 276 X/6

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Ah, the joys of hard mode!

Heroic 

Wordle 277 4/6

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Guess 3 I had the option of two words...I chose poorly...

Can you explain hard mode? My understanding is that you've got to use the yellow letters on subsequent goes? Isn't that just 'sensible' mode? Perhaps I misunderstand? 

Wordle 277 4/6

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I lost the 50/50 at guess 3

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Wordle 277 2/6

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Wordle 277 2/6

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In "hard" mode you have to reuse all green and yellow letters as appropriate.

In "easy" mode you can mentally store the information but use another word altogether which also uses commonly occurring letters and see what comes up. This may help you better towards the solution but makes it impossible to score a two. 

We have had lively discussions about this on several threads. I always obey hard mode.

Me too - thought they might go for another one of 'those' words but the march to 100 continues!

It's sensible in that it gives a definite chance that your next guess will be correct, but it won't always be the optimal strategy.

For example, if you get to

 _ A R E D 

with 2 guesses left, you have a choice of B, C, D, F, H, P, R etc. so getting it in 2 won't be likely. However, if you concoct a word using as many of the possible options as you can (like CHORD), there's a very good chance one of them may turn orange or green so you'll have your answer on the last go.

well done again- big day tomorrow for hat-trick of 2s. are you thinking of switching?

Hmm, I make up my mind which of my two starter words to use at the last minute. Then I try to incorporate elements of my other starter word in line two whilst obeying the "hard" etiquette. 

I may stick with today's starter till it fails.

Wordle 278 4/6

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Par score after a bad start!

Fair enough... mostly hard mode is sensible mode but occasionally there could be better strategies. 

i know it's barely believable but:

Wordle 278 2/6

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Wow! I wasn't far away:

Wordle 278 3/6

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I’m having a really dumb moment struggling to work out what your second letter was on the second line …edit just got it 😀

elimination of all the common letters got me there.

Wordle 278 3/6

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unlucky. i didn't realise there was another option. the answer has been in my thoughts recently.

after the last couple of days i decided to switch to an early vowel pairing with a commonly used consonant pairing

Slight spoiler alert:

The letter I chose in position 2 is more common but possibly the actual answer is more obvious than my choice. Still it's only a game...

Wordle 278 4/6

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Another where I chose the wrong one of two

Only one possibility for me by the time I got to R3.

Wordle 278 3/6

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Can anyone guess my first and second words? I am playing "hard mode".

Yes but:

1. might be a bit early in the day to say
2. there are possibilities that fit other than my "guesses"

Clearly I don't want you to say anything out loud today. I just wondered, given my first two lines and given that from line 2 there was just one option, whether anyone could think of any other option for line 2 than the one I chose. We can find out tomorrow.

Wordle 278 3/6

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Late attempt today - been climbing. Couldn't begin to narrow down a list of solutions after my first two rows. So just chose a any possible solution at random and this was the result!

Martin

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Let's hope it's going to be one of those days.

Wordle 279 4/6

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I had all the letters and it still took me a while to work out the word

Yet again I had a 50/50 at word 3 and chose unluckily

Wordle 279 4/6

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Wordle 279 4/6

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Tricky today.

Wordle 279 4/6

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Agreed tricky word, took some thought after getting 4 yellows!

Wordle 279 3/6

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Some luck there!

Me 2

Wordle 280 3/6

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Easy after lucky second go.

Wordle 280 3/6

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Lucky second go but it took me *forever* to figure out what word starts with that even though it's something I'm familiar with...

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Longest time ever. Took ages to get any word to fit in 3, after that disappointment then took ages to think of line 4. Happy though.

I thought yesterday's was tough, but easier for Americans, they seem to use that word a lot over there.

Nearly got stuck on todays. I only got it because I couldn't think of anything else.

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My word 2 was the same of yours but have never heard of the answer. A write off for me today, I was forced to get assistance from Google.

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Another I feel I could have had in 3

Isn't that weird? It's not a rare word and you're not a teenager?

I once had a gf and I mentioned the word "gazelle". She'd never heard of the animal. I simply couldn't believe it. But I guess every time they were mentioned she must have just left the room; every time one cropped up in a book her attention must have just wavered. Amazing, but possible.

My niece can't read a clock face. She's 25, studying for a PhD. I thought she was (ahem) winding me up, but nope, it's perfectly true. No idea what the hands mean.

I do Worldle, Nerdle and Wordle in that order to get my brain working in the morning.  Taking all three together, today was the hardest day yet. Very lucky not to get counted out.

Martin

Wordle 281 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I could think of only one other, and went for the slightly commoner. Same starter as always

Wordle 281 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨

⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Line 3 was so obscure I doubted that it was a word, sadly it was although it did help in the end.

Wordle 281 3/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The pair on line two really helped.

Wordle 281 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Many, many possibilities after line 1. After line 2, the solution was the only word possible, I think.
 

Ditto.  As many will today I think if they adopt a certain opening strategy! 

Wordle 282 5/6

⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜

⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜

⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜

⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Too many possibilities today.

You were very very lucky on your last go with the number of options. perhaps you should pop out and buy a lottery ticket

3 possibilities and 2 attempts remaining since I'd already excluded several letters. So yes lucky.

First fail today (

too many first letter options

Wordle 282 6/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 

Nearly failed.

Similarly...

Wordle 282 6/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Still had 2 possibilities on go 6 - phew

Wordle 282 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Some luck there!

Wordle 282 4/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Lucky first guess once I'd figured the all but one letter...

I have discovered that you can get multiples statistics for the same word in one day...

• Open more than one window with Wordle
• Solve in however many words it takes in 1 window
• Solve in less steps (because you know the answer) in other window
• Both "solves" will be added to the statistics

Found this out by accident yesterday but obviously it does enable "naughty" manipulation of the statistics if you're a "deluding yourself" type person.

Wordle 282 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Another day of all blanks on line 1. After line 2 there were ( I think) 8 possibilities. After line 3 there were 4, so a fail was a possibility and I was lucky.

I wonder what the best strategy is to mitigate days like today

I have had a good run of mostly 3s recently and am on 3.91 after 75 goes.

lucky turns to phew..

Wordle 282 6/6

⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Probably on the same words, I had a 1 in 3 chance on last go. Think i need to rethink my opener. 

Wordle 282 X/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

First fail in 82 goes, gutted. Still, a good way to teach my youngest about it's the taking part that counts... 

i've  abandoned recently- depot and nymph-not enjoyable spending too long thinking about it. great learning tool for kids..

 at least have maintained my streak

Aw, c'mon. It's just what the brain's for.

Today is an example where "easy" mode allows you to eliminate options, rather than just use guesswork, which is why I prefer it:

Wordle 282 4/6

⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

On line 3, I was left with 6 choices and in "hard mode" a chance of failure. (I had already eliminated two of the possibles on lines 1 and 2). My "easy mode" line 3 took some working out but eliminated a further 3 possibles in one go. I was then lucky on line 4.

Martin

an enjoyable 3 today as it didn't take long and quite tricky?

Wordle 283 3/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 283 4/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜

🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜

🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not at my best.

what's line 3 about?

Attention wandered!

Great success today!
Wordle 283 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 284 6/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Pretty bad for me today.

unlucky but no tears..

Wordle 284 6/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Looks like we were all guessing wrong…😀

Wordle 284 5/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 284 4/6

🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Went totally tactical on third word when I realised there was a possibility of complete failure since there are 7 valid words, although a couple of them are (probably) unlikely.

Edit: actually 8 not 7

Can't do tactical in hard mode.  Got lucky today, haven't in the past!

Wordle 284 5/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I was happy that I'd get it in 6 in hard mode, worst case scenario,  unless it was a pretty obscure term. 

Wordle 284 4/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩

🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩

🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not too bad.

both climbing words

Wading through the options today!

Any recommendations on opening tries? audio and nymph seem pretty reliable

Wordle 284 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I can't see why nymph would be a useful starter. Audio looks good. I use louse mostly and sometimes train. 

I vary day to day but do like using a “u” in the first line because it really seems to help the way I think. Used proud today as a starter.

yesterday they changed the word part way though the day for some reason, so there were 2 words, today is a repeat of the word my other half had yesterday, bizarre and just not cricket.

A 5 today, won't show result as may be a spoiler.

Louse and Train are good together. Also I use Arise and Mouth together. I find that although Audio is ok the letters you get are usually yellow not green.

Only possible in "easy" mode of course, but I work on similar lines using "route" and "snail" - exactly the same letters as "louse" and "train" - all the "one" scoring letters in Scrabble. But I change my second word if the first has given me good clues. Today it didn't. I thought it was tricky. Got a 5.

Martin

was expecting better with your starter- greens aren't always good on first line..

Wordle 285 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Gordon's starters (as i call them) give you a 1/3 chance of a 3 today..

Wordle 285 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I think we use the same starters but I call them something else! 

try this one- seems not much harder than the 5 even though 10x words:

6 Letter - Lingle 68 - 4/7
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
by The Word Finder

You're right! 

6 Letter - Lingle 68 - 2/7
🟨🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
by The Word Finder

Today was tough!

Wordle 285 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 286 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 286 3/6

🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Used a great tactical second word that eliminated the other possibles

Meanwhile my daughter effectively played this in hard mode; having got 4 greens on her second word she then tried every possibility except the correct one and failed - not a good word for hard mode.

One letter out on my third line and still failed.

Wordle 286 2/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My second ever 2!

Wordle 286 6/6*

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Don’t enjoy these types as much. 

Wordle 286 6/6

⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜

🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩

🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩

🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩

🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A close call.

Seemed ok!

Wordle 286 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 286 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨
🟩🟨🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 

Not too bad today.

my lucky starter delivers again:

Wordle 287 2/6

⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 287 4/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 

Could've been betted, could've been worse.

Happy with how today's went!

Wordle 287 2/6*

🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 287 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩

🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜

🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A rare foray into easy mode, should've stuck to hard.

Wordle 287 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 287 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

It's late enough in the day to say this is one of my least favourite words, up there with "curate" in its modern usage.

Wordle 287 3/6

🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Easiest one for quite a while, I think.

Wordle 288 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

another with a few options:

Wordle 288 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 288 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜

🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Pleasing

Wordle 288 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not so pleasing

Wordle 288 6/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

tear alert:

Wordle 289 5/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 289 5/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜

🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜

🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜

🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I was careless today.

Wordle 289 5/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wow, I am (just) top dog of the early afternoon

Wordle 289 4/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Yatze!

Wordle 289 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 290 5/6*

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨
🟨⬛🟨🟩⬛
⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 

That took more than it should! Then again, 289 was my first fail, I had genuinely never heard that word before in my entire life.

Wordle 290 5/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜

🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩

⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩

🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Similar problems!

Re 289 I can almost never remember what yesterday's word was.

Really? *spoiler alert* 

I thought shawl was a relatively well known item of clothing from history if nothing else. But the words can play with your head - my friend last week said " what the hell's a pee-lot"

Shawly not?

Wordle 290 3/6

A useful 2nd word

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 290 3/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I had just the W missing and had no idea what it could possibly be, so tried shall and failed.

Yes I did Shall first as well. A tricky one

Wordle 291 5/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜

🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜

🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Tricky today.

Agree

Wordle 291 5/6

⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 291 4/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Screwed up my second go by not using a green letter...

Even trickier for me because somehow yesterday’s game came up again for me…and it let me tackle it again. All a bit odd. Took me one more guess 😀

Pretty sure this sort thing didn’t happen in the original because it didn’t load any cookies etc but now the NYT version does. 

and the answers were/are in the source code apparently as someone tweeted a list of future answers that i couldn't help noticing

think i may have started with tomorrows answer today

Wordle 291 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 291 6/6*

🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 

My brain surprised me with its stupidity today.

I was more or less stumped after 3 moves. The last move took me over half an hour.

Wordle 291 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 292 4/6

🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Nice word!

Wordle 292 4/6*

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Happy with the guess today as no greens before getting it.

Wordle 292 3/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Easy mode eliminated lots.

Wordle 292 5/6*

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩🟨🟩⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 

Agreed! Was done to one of two choices and my head and naturally it was the second one.

Wordle 292 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A useful 2nd word

Exactly the same for me. A choice of 2 first letters and I guessed the wrong one. Grrr. 

I wonder how autocorrect managed to turn that sentence into such a car crash in a thread about a word game... 😶

Wordle 293 3/6*

🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 

Good one today!

Potentially a v easy one to start with. Big snag: it then left you to guess for the remaining letter one of three possible consonants. So then it was just pure luck - not very satisfactory. I was unlucky and got the correct answer on my third guess, but I could have solved the whole thing on my first (i.e. in just 3 moves). So it took 5 moves:

Wordle 293 5/6

⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 293 2/6*

🟨🟨🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

2nd that

unlucky. i had 4 consonant options for second letter:

Wordle 293 3/6

🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 293 6/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

FML

That's a very nice trident though!

why do you get a star? eg 3/6*

Wordle 293 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩

🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩

🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My two companions got threes they tell me.

Hard mode.

Wordle 294 3/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Praise be. My first 3 in a week.

Wordle 294 2/6

🟨🟨🟩🟩⬜

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A fortunate starter word.

Wordle 294 2/6

🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

An even more fortunate starter word?

We all guessed well today 😀

Wordle 294 2/6

🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 294 1/6

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

a VERY fortunate first word! My first 1, and probably my last ...

TaDaa! 

I think this may be the first answer to contain only letters that score one in scrabble (which is the criterion I use for my first guess).

Martin

Yesterday it occurred to me that, in the 72 Wordles I had done, there had never been a Q, X or Z.

Are these letters rarer in Wordle than in “real life”?

googling my own question came up with this:  https://leancrew.com/all-this/2022/01/wordle-letters/

Wordle 296 4/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

So nearly a 3

There was an X recently, and another one, plus a Q since Christmas. 

Wordle 296 4/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜

🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜

🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

We can all do nearly.....

Here's my nearly 3 too!

Wordle 296 4/6*

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 296 3/6*

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 

your nearly 3 is my nearly 2..

Wordle 296 3/6

🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My 3 could very easily have been my 4. Lucky me.

Frustratingly close to a two-er this morning

Wordle 298 3/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜

🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 298 4/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜

⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨

🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Your 2nd word probably my 3rd.

Wordle 298 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I'd have preferred a 3 but it is nice to get the solution without having had any greens before.

Wordle 298 4/6*

⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 

Took three to get enough clues for me.

Very hard today. Took me half an hour to make the last step. It nearly had me on the ropes.

Wordle 298 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

frustratingly close..

Wordle 298 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 298 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Nice to avoid those jarring yellows!

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Lucky. Could have been a four. 

Totally lucky first guess!

Wordle 298 2/6

⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 299 3/6*

⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 

Pretty lucky today.

A bit of a headscratcher. 

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 299 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩

⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩

⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩

⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Baby steps.

Same start! 

Wordle 299 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

happy with a 4. surprising how many words end with that letter..

Wordle 299 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 300 6/6*

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 

😡

Wordle 300 2/6

🟩⬛🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩