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You can get EV of 3.46393 with a guaranteed maximum of five tries. (I don't know whether this bound is tight.)
by Sesse__ 5y ago
You can get EV of 3.46393 with a guaranteed maximum of five tries. (I don't know whether this bound is tight.)
- pxx 5y agoThis bound is not tight. http://sonorouschocolate.com/notes/index.php?title=The_best_strategies_for_Wordle http://sonorouschocolate.com/notes/index.php?title=The_best_...
- Sesse__ 5y agoGood to know. Another possible question is: What is the best strategy minimizing (at any point) _first_ the maximum number of tries, and second the EV (average number of tries over all possible words)? That's subtly different from either answer.