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Norvig's statements are mathematically proven.

• CamperBob2 5y ago
  With different goals. I try to minimize the number of required guesses, while he is trying to maximize the odds of a 2-guess win. To do that, he deliberately avoids guessing letters that would fit the more-common cases where a 2-guess win is extremely unlikely. In other words, Norvig's approach requires you to guess letters that aren't that likely to appear at all. He will get more 2-guess wins, but I will do better in the long run.
  • jibalt 5y ago
    "while he is trying to maximize the odds of a 2-guess win" You seem not to have read past the first few lines of the article.
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    • CamperBob2 5y ago
      Maybe I misinterpreted what I did read. Is he saying that early-stage guesses that contain uncommon letters is the optimal strategy? If so, I'll go back and try to understand the specific reasoning, because that doesn't sound right.