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4/6

 

they're just fucking with people with these rhyming words. you can get 4/5 letters on the first guess, still go through as many iterations as possible but run out of guess before you can hit all the options.

I mean your opening guess could be SOUND, and then BOUND, WOUND, ROUND, POUND and HOUND and they could even offer you a 7th guess and you might go with MOUND and still not get it.

 

which is why hard mode is dumb. it doesn't make it harder, it just makes it more likely to be impossible

if you are forced to use the matching letters, and there are more options than you have chances, it becomes a game of chance rather than skill

when I hit 3 or 4 letters on the first try, I typically use a word with 5 completely different letters for my 2nd word to try and narrow it down more - seems like the only way possible to ensure that you can get it in 6 guesses if they use a word like they did today

 

Isn't that ... kinda a definition of harder?

 

yes and no

I mean yes, it's "harder" but like I said, it makes it so that it becomes a game of luck rather than skill.

That's like playing a slot machine on hard mode - It might not hit as often, but skill level has zero determination as to if you win or not

 

There's always an element of luck and skill though. One way of playing makes it a little more difficult, while the other makes it easier to get it by the end, cause you're playing a game of letter elimination. But you're probably not getting many 2 or 3s playing that way.

 

2/6

lol

 

I suppose, but as you said, its a game of BOTH skill and luck. I just feel like if you are trying to be strategic about it, your first 2 or 3 words would mostly consist of completely different letters. Then using skill, you could pretty much deduce what the word is with your remaining guesses. When they use a word like they did today, that shares 4 of the same consecutive letters with 6+ other words, it basically eliminates the skill element and becomes a game based 100% on luck (particularly if you are playing in hard mode)

 

Also I agree, you won't get many in 2 or 3 tries if you play using the letter deduction method, but if your goal is to get it in 2 guesses, you're probably relying 90% on luck

 

I think the issue is that by "harder" I at least usually think of it requiring more skill. If you're in a situation where you're stuck in a situation where you have 4 letters and need the last one, the most skilled option would be to do a word you know is wrong to get the last letter. It's not even like you're given multiple options or strategies, some of which are better than others. Hard mode forces you into one strategy, which also happens to be the easiest and requires the least thought (just randomly plugging in possible letters knowing that each is bringing you closer to failure).

I actually think hard mode is generally the easier mode in general because it stops you from making really careless mistakes, which I have a bad habit of doing when you're in a rush. It only gets clearly "harder" when it forces you into a game of pure luck, which it can do even when you play the game clearly well (like I would say is clearly the case if you get 4 letters early)

 

Then don’t play hard mode?

 

First guesses are always little luck with commons letter words. Then some skill to deduce it quick. I have twice as many 3’s as 6’s, and at this point getting it in 3 or 4 is more fun for me than a methodical get it by 6 every time method. You do you.

 

I don't. Just have always found it a bit of an odd mode for the reasons I mentioned. And generally think that there's a difference between difficulty and impossibility

 

I get it in 4 most of the time. That's my basic goal. I'm not telling anyone how to play. We all have our own strategy. Just commenting on something I've noticed more and more with all of the rhyming words recently.

Like Daniel said, I think of hard to mean "more difficult" not impossible.

 

5/6, Double letter days always mess me up. I keep forgetting that you can have more than one of a letter in a word lol

Tears
Slack
Snail
Shawl
Shall

 

Wordle 283 5/6

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6/6

got stuck in a loop

boink
weary
quads
stall
small
shall

 

3/6. Had this typed in on my second guess but then deleted it in hopes that the real word was an adorable slimy critter instead. Should've gone with my first instinct

 

5/6
One of those words that looks bizarre typed out haha,also I did 2 strategic words I knew weren't right

Store
Spank
Shady
Shawl
Shall

 

6/6

small stall shall

 

0/6

 

3/6 today

Also, "Framed.wtf" exists and is pretty awesome if that hasn't been posted about yet

Worldle has been going out of its way lately to make up for all those terrible random island territories lol

 

see, this is what I'm talking about

I think they should introduce a time feature too, giving you bonus point for finishing quicker

 

Admittedly, yesterday's was still an island, but at least it was a very, very recognizable island haha

 

But it was definitely harder because I didn't just throw random letters in to figure it out. As I already said, I find that way of playing boring and way too easy.