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> Note that all of these 243 possibilities aren't valid in practice. For example YYYYM will never be seen because if the first four letters are correctly placed
by hkmaxpro 5y ago
> Note that all of these 243 possibilities aren't valid in practice. For example YYYYM will never be seen because if the first four letters are correctly placed and the fifth is also in the word, it will be correctly placed.
Not true. For example if the correct answer is TWEED and you guess TWEET, then you’ll get YYYYM.
Edit: As pointed out by two commenters, the actual implementation contradicts the following claim in the post:
> “Maybe” - the letter is in the answer but in a different position
If the correct answer is TWEED and you gess TWEET, you will still get YYYYN, because the actual implementation uses a different definition of “Maybe” than what is written in the post.
- unholiness 5y agoI believe in the actual implementation it's correct. You can confirm a letter is not doubled, when one of the two letters in your guess is gray.
- hkmaxpro 5y agoI only played it occasionally and haven’t encountered doubled letters, so I don’t know what the actual response would be. Maybe you’re right.
- jacobmischka 5y agoPosting with such assurance without knowing what the actual response would be, lmao. Very on-brand for HN (and myself too, honestly).
- hkmaxpro 5y agoI blindly trusted the post’s claim that “Maybe” means “the letter is in the answer but in a different position”. If you use that definition, you’ll arrive at the same conclusion. The post should be updated with the correct definition.
- jacobmischka 5y agoIt's a fine short summary for how the game works. Assuming no edge cases exist based on a 10-word summary is not the original author's fault.
- KeytarHero 5y ago> if the correct answer is TWEED and you guess TWEET, then you’ll get YYYYM No, this would give YYYYN
- hkmaxpro 5y agoIf Yellow/“Maybe” really means “the letter is in the answer but in a different position”, then the final T satisfies this definition. Another commenter points out the actual implementation may deviate from this definition though.
- KeytarHero 5y agoTry TWEET in today's Wordle and you'll see what I mean
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