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William Seger

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20. I think its algorithm simply minimizes remaining possibilities

Fri Dec 9, 2022, 10:55 AM

Dec 2022

... 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.

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WORDLE 538 (12/09) ***SPOILER THREAD*** [View all] SKKY Dec 2022 OP

Par 4 William Seger Dec 2022 #1

WB is being a smartass there I think Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #16

No, I decided on those letters after making a list of about a dozen possibilities William Seger Dec 2022 #18

I'm not saying it wasn't a wise choice, to be clear Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #19

I think its algorithm simply minimizes remaining possibilities William Seger Dec 2022 #20

If it wasn't in it's allowed list, that may've prompted the Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #21

I think it also has some knowledge of how common the allowed words are William Seger Dec 2022 #22

Saw your earlier edit just now Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #24

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