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>One more factor in Wordle's popularity that I haven't yet seen commentators identify much. The game's word roster tilts heavily toward words with neutral or ch
by alskdjflaskjdhf 5y ago
>One more factor in Wordle's popularity that I haven't yet seen commentators identify much. The game's word roster tilts heavily toward words with neutral or cheerful connotations.
>So your brain conjures up something happy at the end. You don't slog through the puzzle solving to end up with VIRUS, ENNUI, GRIEF, SLAVE, INANE or other such morose words.
Ironically, SLAVE was actually one of the future solution words in Wordle pre-acquisition. The NYT removed it from the planned solutions.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/15/22934587/wordle-solutions-changed-new-york-times https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/15/22934587/wordle-solutions...
- danachow 5y agoThey removed it from the master dictionary as well.
- megapolitics 5y agoThat may have been accidental. The array used to store valid guesses did not contain any of the words from the result array. Both are checked when you make a guess to determine whether it’s a valid guess. Removing a word from the result array also removes it as a valid guess unless it’s added to the other array. I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt considering they also removed “inoffensive” words like “Agora” and say their removal as valid guesses was unintentional.
- np_tedious 5y ago*primary dictionary
- 4gotunameagain 5y agohahah I bet you were advocating of removing master from git as well? That's just silly. And virtue signaling.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- alexb_ 5y agopeople downvoting because they can't see the joke LOL
- hddqsb 5y agoIn fact VIRUS, ENNUI, GRIEF, SLAVE, INANE are all in the (original) solution list.
- GCA10 5y agoMy bad -- and thanks for clarifying that. Must be my small sample so far. If I keep playing Wordle long enough, it looks as if I'll get a full dose of despair after all.