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My guess is that they deemed it a little bit too obscure, but I don't know that and can't imagine the process used and there are probably plenty of words in the
by jffry 5y ago
My guess is that they deemed it a little bit too obscure, but I don't know that and can't imagine the process used and there are probably plenty of words in the list to point at and quibble over.
One of the things about Wordle is that it can give you a good shot at a feeling of success. Having something that feels like an "obscure" word which causes you to fail, lessens that positive feeling that could keep players returning every day.
- canjobear 5y agoThe list of possible solution words is different from the list of words you can input as a guess. “Agora” and “slave” were removed from the input list (they’re back now).
- jffry 5y agoDo you know if they were also removed from the solutions list? My only guess is it was an internal communications problem, and words removed from the solutions wordlist got removed in the guesses wordlist too.
- CrazyStat 5y agoThe way wordle was coded, the solutions and guesses word lists were nonoverlapping. When you guessed a word it would check it against both lists. So when NYT removed words from the solutions list they should have added them to the guesses word list so they could still be guessed, but they didn't. An easy mistake to make with an unfamiliar codebase.
- jffry 5y agoAha, that makes perfect sense, thanks!