The great WORDLE topic (Part 1)

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Wordle 336 5/6

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Wordle 336 3/6

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I usually guess whatever word comes to mind first that fits/works. I really should train myself to first see if there’s a word that might be more-common.

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Wordle 337 5/6

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Wordle 337 4/6

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Daily Quordle 118
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Wordle 337 3/6

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On guess three i tried to guess MONET first, and after that was rejected I came to my senses. Need moar coffee

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Wordle 337 3/6

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#waffle121 3/5

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Wordle 337 4/6

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For quordle, do you have a regular “opening” word(s) or do you play-as-you-go?
I’ve been opening with three words, MUTED, PAILS, CORNY which use up the fifteen most frequent letters* and more often than not I can finish 4/5/6/7.

Moreover, letters M, P, C are at the beginning more often than elsewhere, letters D, S, Y at the end most often, and I did my best arranging the middle letters to reflect their most common positions.

*I used the five-letter words from the Scrabble dictionary for my analysis, since it was handy. But I noticed quordle avoids plurals or past tenses (not to mention the utter bullshit words allowed in scrabble), so I could probably improve my three starter words. Does anyone know if there is a quordle word list?

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For Quordle and Octordle, I use sometimes use two starter words. Lately, it’s been “learn” and if I have an empty section, I also use “pious”.

I got the rare 3-4-5-6 today

Daily Quordle 118
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As you can see, I had to use the second starter word in the LR quadrant, which helped with that section as well as the UR quadrant.

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No, that would be an Artle answer, not Wordle!

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I also pick 3 words with the 15 most common letters, but my strategy is to put the letters in LESS likely positions. I should try your way for a bit and see if I like it better.

Current 3 (the second one is constant, but I break up 1 and 3 into other words sometimes with slightly different arrangements to include slightly different consonants):

teary
choir
plunk

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My starters are always CRANE - SOLID - THUMP. Usually gets me a 4,5,6,7 solution

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Only 4 possibilities, I almost failed.

Wordle 337 6/6

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Quordle went really well.

Daily Quordle 118
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#waffle122 2/5

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In wordle, I was totally not expecting that to be the answer!
Wordle 338 3/6

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Today’s writing prompt: Winning the swing competition required Billy to utilize his NOVEL DANCE HINGE.

ETA: gah!!!
Daily Quordle 119
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Wordle 338 5/6

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Wordle 338 4/6

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Who doesnt love a guessing game?

Stupid wordlebot said my valid third guess wasnt a valid solution. Grrr.

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Disappointing Quordle today.

Daily Quordle 119
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#waffle122 3/5

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:fire: streak: 1

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Wordle 338 4/6

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#waffle122 3/5

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:fire: streak: 10
:trophy: #waffleelite

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Wordle 338 3/6

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