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3 guesses makes me feel good (and lucky), four is what I expect for most puzzles, and 6 either makes me feel bad, or is a sequence like this: BLA*E Where I tr

by mod 5y ago

3 guesses makes me feel good (and lucky), four is what I expect for most puzzles, and 6 either makes me feel bad, or is a sequence like this: BLA*E Where I try BLADE BLAZE BLARE BLAME Those are frustrating, but not my fault (assuming I don't re-use any letters).

flafla2 5y ago
Well, technically you could have realized the ambiguity in this case, and guessed a word like RAZED to clear it up.
- jimmydorry 5y ago
  Not if you are in hard mode.
  - apocolyps6 5y ago
    Do people actually use hard mode? Seems like its only "harder" in the sense that it forces you to play less intelligently.
    - hackmiester 5y ago
      This is why I turned it off. It is "hard mode" in the same way that driving a screw with a hammer is "hard mode."
    - throwawaythekey 5y ago
      I find it fun because it prompts me to find the optimal guess (given hard mode). Playing easy mode I'm much more happy to do the first word that comes to mind and sort of fits.
    - lupire 5y ago
      Hard mode emphasizes vocabulary over math.
willis936 5y ago
Spending another guess to reduce that search space is the right move (assuming you're not playing hard mode). A guess like DREAM would guarantee the next guess is correct.
- stult 5y ago
  Doesn't work on hard mode, which forces you to use previously guessed letters
  - thom 5y ago
    It only forces you to reuse greens. I like to play in hard hard mode in my head, where each guess must be consistent with everything previous. Still not actually hard though, obviously.
  - mod 5y ago
    I didn't even know hard mode existed! I came to the game late.
  - iamkroot 5y ago
    This is why I switched off of hard mode, after trying it a few times. For me while it was technically harder, it lost some strategic depth and the games became a lot less interesting.
  - icambron 5y ago
    This is why, IMO, hard mode is bad. It's in an important sense actually easier! Sure, good play results in more guesses than in not-hard-mode, but that would be like saying a 100m sprint is easier than a 2-mile race because the latter takes longer. The more interesting measure of difficulty is how hard it is play optimally. And since the search space for not-hard-mode is bigger, I'm pretty sure it's harder. But more importantly, hard mode is also less fun, and this thread demonstrates exactly why: the creative aspect is coming up with le mot juste for quickly honing in on the right answer. Hard mode takes away your tools to do that and sometimes even results in a thoughtless guessing game.
rahimnathwani 5y ago
If you don't like this, try https://qntm.org/files/absurdle/absurdle.html https://qntm.org/files/absurdle/absurdle.html
gigglesupstairs 5y ago
Very anecdotal and personal, and non-technical, but I believe wordle words are usually very simple ones, so in your case, BLAME will stand a better chance than the remaining three. BLADE could be second.
- banana_giraffe 5y ago
  'blade', 'blame', 'blare', and 'blaze' are all words that will be used in a wordle puzzle one day, and all equally likely to be used since it uses all words once.

by mod 5y ago

flafla2 5y ago

Well, technically you could have realized the ambiguity in this case, and guessed a word like RAZED to clear it up.

jimmydorry 5y ago
Not if you are in hard mode.
- apocolyps6 5y ago
  Do people actually use hard mode? Seems like its only "harder" in the sense that it forces you to play less intelligently.
  - hackmiester 5y ago
    This is why I turned it off. It is "hard mode" in the same way that driving a screw with a hammer is "hard mode."
  - throwawaythekey 5y ago
    I find it fun because it prompts me to find the optimal guess (given hard mode). Playing easy mode I'm much more happy to do the first word that comes to mind and sort of fits.
  - lupire 5y ago
    Hard mode emphasizes vocabulary over math.

willis936 5y ago

Spending another guess to reduce that search space is the right move (assuming you're not playing hard mode). A guess like DREAM would guarantee the next guess is correct.

stult 5y ago
Doesn't work on hard mode, which forces you to use previously guessed letters
- thom 5y ago
  It only forces you to reuse greens. I like to play in hard hard mode in my head, where each guess must be consistent with everything previous. Still not actually hard though, obviously.
- mod 5y ago
  I didn't even know hard mode existed! I came to the game late.
- iamkroot 5y ago
  This is why I switched off of hard mode, after trying it a few times. For me while it was technically harder, it lost some strategic depth and the games became a lot less interesting.
- icambron 5y ago
  This is why, IMO, hard mode is bad. It's in an important sense actually easier! Sure, good play results in more guesses than in not-hard-mode, but that would be like saying a 100m sprint is easier than a 2-mile race because the latter takes longer. The more interesting measure of difficulty is how hard it is play optimally. And since the search space for not-hard-mode is bigger, I'm pretty sure it's harder. But more importantly, hard mode is also less fun, and this thread demonstrates exactly why: the creative aspect is coming up with le mot juste for quickly honing in on the right answer. Hard mode takes away your tools to do that and sometimes even results in a thoughtless guessing game.

rahimnathwani 5y ago

If you don't like this, try https://qntm.org/files/absurdle/absurdle.html https://qntm.org/files/absurdle/absurdle.html

gigglesupstairs 5y ago

Very anecdotal and personal, and non-technical, but I believe wordle words are usually very simple ones, so in your case, BLAME will stand a better chance than the remaining three. BLADE could be second.

banana_giraffe 5y ago
'blade', 'blame', 'blare', and 'blaze' are all words that will be used in a wordle puzzle one day, and all equally likely to be used since it uses all words once.