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As others have said, you can (and often should) make guesses that don't satisfy all the clues you've found so far. That way you can find / eliminate symbols muc

As others have said, you can (and often should) make guesses that don't satisfy all the clues you've found so far. That way you can find / eliminate symbols much more quickly. It's funny there are so many people saying how much they hate it. All power to you. But personally I like it way more than Wordle. I basically like the solving part of Wordle but hate the thinking up words aspect. Nerdle fixes that, but the equation bit keeps it more interesting than a meaningless string of symbols. Similar to how I prefer the numbers round on Countdown [1] to the main letters game. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(game_show) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(game_show)

billforsternz 5y ago
I prefer the numbers round in Countdown as well, but much (much, much) prefer Wordle to Nerdle. Nerdle is an attempt to make a Wordle for numbers, but to me it just doesn't work. Today I quickly got 2+?+8=1?. Clearly ? can be any digit from 0 to 9. I had four tries left so a 40% chance of winning with no skill involved (I lost incidentally).
- jjnoakes 5y ago
  Well first, the ? can't be 1, 2, or 8, right? And second, you could guess equations without 1, 2, or 8 to narrow down the missing digit in only two more guesses. Edit: Brain fart on the first part, but I think the second part would have helped within three more guesses.
  - billforsternz 5y ago
    I think the answer was 8, I can't quite remember. Your second point is definitely a good one though, didn't think of that.
  - adwf 5y ago
    Yes it could unfortunately. The solution repeated a number, making it almost impossible to guarantee a correct answer even if you had the majority down fairly early.
- quietbritishjim 5y ago
  That situation is exactly what my first paragraph was about. > As others have said, you can (and often should) make guesses that don't satisfy all the clues you've found so far. That way you can find / eliminate symbols much more quickly.
  - tasuki 5y ago
    Just fyi, that paragraph is clear and unambiguous. Ironic that billforsternz chose to post his concerns in response to a comment which had addressed them.
    - billforsternz 5y ago
      In retrospect I agree with you actually, not my best and brightest moment.

billforsternz 5y ago

I prefer the numbers round in Countdown as well, but much (much, much) prefer Wordle to Nerdle. Nerdle is an attempt to make a Wordle for numbers, but to me it just doesn't work. Today I quickly got 2+?+8=1?. Clearly ? can be any digit from 0 to 9. I had four tries left so a 40% chance of winning with no skill involved (I lost incidentally).

jjnoakes 5y ago
Well first, the ? can't be 1, 2, or 8, right? And second, you could guess equations without 1, 2, or 8 to narrow down the missing digit in only two more guesses. Edit: Brain fart on the first part, but I think the second part would have helped within three more guesses.
- billforsternz 5y ago
  I think the answer was 8, I can't quite remember. Your second point is definitely a good one though, didn't think of that.
- adwf 5y ago
  Yes it could unfortunately. The solution repeated a number, making it almost impossible to guarantee a correct answer even if you had the majority down fairly early.
quietbritishjim 5y ago
That situation is exactly what my first paragraph was about. > As others have said, you can (and often should) make guesses that don't satisfy all the clues you've found so far. That way you can find / eliminate symbols much more quickly.
- tasuki 5y ago
  Just fyi, that paragraph is clear and unambiguous. Ironic that billforsternz chose to post his concerns in response to a comment which had addressed them.
  - billforsternz 5y ago
    In retrospect I agree with you actually, not my best and brightest moment.