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Excellent 3b1b video about trying to solve wordle using information theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v68zYyaEmEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v68zYyaEm

• gnicholas 5y ago
  Very interesting video. It mentions “crane” being the best opening word when using a sophisticated program. I wonder what the best word would be for a human with an average vocabulary (for a Wordle player). I think there’s a decent chance it’s not the same word because an average player wouldn’t be able to use lots of obscure words to narrow things down super precisely. Perhaps one could create an algorithm where the list of possible words is an approximation of a human’s actual vocabulary.
• greenyoda 5y ago
  Some HN discussion of that video a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30232413 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30232413 Also, this interesting article was posted to HN the other day: A Mathematician’s Guide to Wordle https://aperiodical.com/2022/02/a-mathematicians-guide-to-wordle https://aperiodical.com/2022/02/a-mathematicians-guide-to-wo...