Wordle ** WARNING: THERE ARE PROBABLY HINTS TO THE DAILY WORD IN HERE **

[StevieP]

Not great with a 5 today but given there were a number of options going into the last 2 or 3 guesses, fortunate to keep the streak alive!

 

[Lysander]

My mistake, it wasn't 500 words, it was 2,000.

There might be 500 solutions but it will accept any guess that's in the dictionary and there's no reason why it shouldn't.

Because it was originally made by the dev for his girlfriend. It wasn't originally intended to be public. From wikipedia:

At first the game used all 13,000 possible five letter words in the English language, but he found that his partner Palak Shah had difficulty recognizing some of the less common words and made the guessing as haphazard as it was in Mastermind. He then used Shah as a simple filter to trim down the word list to around 2,000 words that were more recognizable – roughly five years of puzzles on a daily basis

I think what happened is that when NYT bought it they expanded the lexicon.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Because it was originally made by the dev for his girlfriend. It wasn't originally intended to be public. From wikipedia:

Regardless of it's history, and regardless of which words are actual solutions, there's no reason to exclude any word that's in the dictionary. That's why people start with words like "ouija".

I've never had a guess rejected when it's an actual dictionary word and if the bank was as low as 2000 words then that would surely have happened?

 

[Lysander]

Regardless of it's history, and regardless of which words are actual solutions, there's no reason to exclude any word that's in the dictionary. That's why people start with words like "ouija".

I've never had a guess rejected when it's an actual dictionary word and if the bank was as low as 2000 words then that would surely have happened?

I dunno man, I'm not going to get into a debate about the lexicon size of Wordle. Have a nice day

 

[Dirk Diggler]

I dunno man, I'm not going to get into a debate about the lexicon size of Wordle. Have a nice day

It's a 179 pager, pal. If you didn't realise how serious it was before, you do now.

 

[rids57]

4 for me today, happy with that judging by other's results

Wordle 515 4/6

Spoiler: words used

CRANE
SPEAR
AMBER
BAKER

 

[BeeP]

4 for me today, happy with that judging by other's results

Wordle 515 4/6

Spoiler: words used

CRANE
SPEAR
AMBER
BAKER

Tomorrow will be my day....I feel a 1 coming on.

More like a 10!

 

[StevieP]

Tomorrow will be my day....I feel a 1 coming on.

More like a 10!

A 1 feels like a pipe dream - I also do Octordle and typically start with the same 2 words to get all the vowels out and got a hit with my 2nd word last week - imagine this is the closest I'll get!

 

[freddie64]

Got a more respectable 4 today.

Spoiler: words used

TRAIL
TOWER
THREE
THERE

 

[{SAS}TB]

Four here too ! Although very almost a three

 

[div0]

In 2 today. A bit lucky, as there was an obvious alternate left.

 

[Freakbro]

3, should have been a 2 but I chose the other homophone!

 

[StevieP]

Well I don't remember ever only getting the right letters in the right place before!

 

[Freakbro]

^ Haha that's great!

 

[Lysander]

IT TOLD ME OFF

Spoiler

"Third letter must be E"

Well EXCUSE ME.

Now it won't let you try another word if you have a green letter in place. Which **** is responsible for this? Which manager do I complain to?

EDIT: Oh, I'm on hard mode.

EDIT2: Meh, got it in six. What a bunch of nerds.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Oh, I'm on hard mode.

Wow, it's a good puzzle but I wouldn't say it was that exciting.

 

[Lysander]

Wow, it's a good puzzle but I wouldn't say it was that exciting.

It's a 179 pager!!

 

[ChrisD.]

A two this morning, my starting word is very close.

 

[BeeP]

3 today, that's as good as a 1 for me this week.

 

[andy_mk3]

It’s been a while