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ICYMI, 3blue1brown (Grant Sanderson) has a video applying information theory to solving Wordle, which is conceptually similar to mastermind -- https://www.youtu
by bschne 3y ago
ICYMI, 3blue1brown (Grant Sanderson) has a video applying information theory to solving Wordle, which is conceptually similar to mastermind -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v68zYyaEmEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v68zYyaEmEA
- jeffbee 3y agoThere was also "Word Mastermind" which is almost exactly Wordle.
- CyberDildonics 3y agoYou don't need "information theory", you can just make a text file with each option on its own line, then use grep on the command line for each constraint with pipes in between.
- bschne 3y agothe point of 3b1b's video wasn't "how can I figure out what words are still an option", but "what is the optimal word to guess at each step to minimize overall attempts needed to solve". Picking a "good" word will give you more information about the actual solution than picking a bad word, so you will get there faster.