WORDLE 538 (12/09) ***SPOILER THREAD***

[SKKY]

Dope. I'm 4 under par for the week.

Wordle 538 3/6*

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ SLATE
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ GRAIN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[William Seger]

1. Par 4

Wordle 538 4/6

⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ CRANE
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ TRAMP
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ GLIBS (??? I just wanted to test for those particular letters and it was accepted as a word)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID (... and left only one possibility!)

WordleBot: "GLIBS? Impressive vocabulary! This was an excellent choice — glibs is exactly what I would’ve picked in this situation." LOL, I had no idea it WAS a word.

NYT average: 3.6
WordleBot: 4 (SLATE CHURN BRAVO BRAID)

[Hugh_Lebowski]

16. WB is being a smartass there I think

Per his algorithms I'd bet that looked like an awful choice.

Pretty sure.

[William Seger]

18. No, I decided on those letters after making a list of about a dozen possibilities

... and seeing that those specific letters would very likely point right to the answer. I just arranged them into what looked like it might be a word and was genuinely surprised when it was accepted.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

19. I'm not saying it wasn't a wise choice, to be clear

I'm saying WB algorithm isn't smart enough to figure out WHY it was a good choice.

To Wordlebot I think it looked like a bad choice, and it was being a smartass.

My guess, anyway

[William Seger]

20. I think its algorithm simply minimizes remaining possibilities

... which it can do exactly since it knows all the target words and all the allowed words. If this word was in its allowed list, then given what I already had learned, I don't think any other word would have done that faster.

Edit: I just remembered that when WordleBot is stepping through your solution, for each guess, it shows what it would have guessed given your current state of knowledge. I went back and looked, and GLIBS was at the top of its list.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

21. If it wasn't in it's allowed list, that may've prompted the

"Impressive Vocabulary" comment.

I don't know for sure either way, and I think it was a great choice, but I'm not quite sure it wasn't being a smart-aleck, or at least self-deprecating in the sense that it doesn't know that word, but sees that it was a good choice, and then fronts like "oh, I'd TOTALLY have picked that!"

[William Seger]

22. I think it also has some knowledge of how common the allowed words are

... which it uses whenever words tie on their elimination score. (The reason I think that is because that's the advice it gives us when we need to decide between two words, because that maximizes the probability that it's actually a target word and not just an allowed word.)

[Hugh_Lebowski]

24. Saw your earlier edit just now

Okay, well then that seems to show that I'm incorrect.

Wordlebot is smarter than I gave it credit for it seems.

Nevermind

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. 3.

Wordle 538 3/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ SLATE
🟨⬛🟨🟩🟩 ACRID (checked for a double-A word too)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID (jumped out after the second guess)

[nuxvomica]

3. 3

Wordle 538 3/6

🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ BREAK
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ BRAIN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[mnhtnbb]

4. More multiple choice

Wordle 538 4/6

⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜fairy
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜trail
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜brain
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩braid

[underpants]

5. 4. I broke my vowels

Wordle 538 4/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜stale - rearranged MIT’s SALET
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜charm
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜brain BRAINS! 🧟‍♂️
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩braid

I usually try to go through aeiou in the first two guesses for some reason I took some shots on the first two. Lucky 3rd guess.

[Chipper Chat]

6. Got lucky today.

Wordle 538 3/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜exits
🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩board
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩braid

[Luciferous]

7. 3

Wordle 538 3/6

🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ADIEU
⬛🟩🟨🟨🟩 TRIAD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[KarenS]

8. 3

Wordle 538 3/6

⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜train
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜frail
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩braid

[Dave in VA]

9. Birdie today

Wordle 538 3/6

🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜about
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜pride
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩braid

It's Friday, ya'll!

[MN2theMax]

10. 4

Wordle 538 4/6

🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ARISE
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ TRAIN
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ GRAIL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[Ohiya]

11. Three

Wordle 538 3/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 TASER
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ CHARM
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[unweird]

12. 4*

Wordle 538 4/6*

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ADIos
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ DIvAn
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 plAID
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

Dedicate todays guesses to ms sinema.

[Ilsa]

13. 4 for me:

Wordle 538 4/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ STAMP
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 LINER
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 CHAIR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[Marthe48]

14. Got it in 2

Excitement!

Wordle 538 2/6

🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ AUDIO
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

Happy Friday!

[2naSalit]

15. 3

Wordle 538 3/6

🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ADIEU
🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ DAILY - ?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[Hugh_Lebowski]

17. Par 4

Wordle 538 4/6

🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ raise
⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ trail
🟨🟩🟩🟩⬛ drain
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 braid

[Liberal In Texas]

23. Almost made it in 2

...But it's just luck many times...

Wordle 538 3/6

⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ TRAIL
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ BRAIN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[Fla Dem]

25. Wordle 4 / Hurdle (am) 3 /***SPOILERS***

Wordle 538 4/6
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ Raise
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 Chair
🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ Drain
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Braid

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hurdle 651 (am) 3/6
🤍💛🤍💛🤍💛 Raised
💙🤍💛💛💛🤍 Splash
💙💙💙💙💙💙 Skalds

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Gidney N Cloyd]

26. 3 for me

Wordle 538 3/6

🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ARISE (usual starter word)
🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ DRAIN (figured this would lead to a lot of TRAIN?, BRAIN?, GRAIN? shots but the D seemed the smartest first guess)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[AllyCat]

27. 4. My new normal.

Wordle 538 4/6

🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ arise
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ trail
🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ drain
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 braid

[if..fish..had..wings]

28. 3 for me

Wordle 538 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ SHORT
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ RAINY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[CottonBear]

29. Wordle 538 5/6 This one was quite an effort for me.

Wordle 538 5/6

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ADIEU
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ SNORT
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 LIDAR
🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 RAPID
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[edhopper]

30. 3

ADIEU
PLAID
BRAID

[tishaLA]

31. 3

Wordle 538 3/6

🟨⬛🟨🟩⬛ AUDIO
🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩 RABID (*very* lucky guess)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[TeamProg]

32. 4..

Wordle 538 4/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ TIRES
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ALOUD
🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 RAPID
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[ARPad95]

33. 3 for me

Wordle 538 3/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 SITAR
🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩 RABID
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID


Considering my previous two days' were 5/6s, today was great!

Wordle 537 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 TASER
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 LOWER
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 BIKER
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 INNER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INFER

Wordle 536 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 LEAST
⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 GHOST
⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 FROST (Duh! I put the O in the same wrong spot.)
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 MOIST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JOUST

Getting the last two letters right on the first attempt did NOT pay off.

[Nittersing]

34. 4

Wordle 538 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ NOISE
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ADULT
🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ DIARY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

[Different Drummer]

35. 3.

Wordle 538 3/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨LINER
⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩TRIAD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩BRAID

Scoredle; 4 (SLATE → CRANK → GRAVY → BRAID)

[AwakeAtLast]

36. I'm not playing anymore

Until the NYT negotiates a deal with the union.