Do people who enjoy World also like codeword puzzles? If not, why not, I wonder.
Yes, code puzzles are my favourite kind, which is why I like Wordle. I'm not sure what you mean by codeword puzzles - if you mean where there is a quotation from a book, and you need to work out what the letters are, to work out the quote, I love these, though haven't done one for years.
... I'm not sure what you mean by codeword puzzles - if you mean where there is a quotation from a book, and you need to work out what the letters are, to work out the quote, I love these, though haven't done one for years.
I thought Libs meant Codewords - they have a crossword grid, but instead of clues, each letter of the alphabet is allocated a number, and you work out which number represents which letter.
They're every bit as addictive as crosswords, Wordle or Sudoku!
... I'm not sure what you mean by codeword puzzles - if you mean where there is a quotation from a book, and you need to work out what the letters are, to work out the quote, I love these, though haven't done one for years.
I thought Libs meant Codewords - they have a crossword grid, but instead of clues, each letter of the alphabet is allocated a number, and you work out which number represents which letter.
They're every bit as addictive as crosswords, Wordle or Sudoku!
Ah, interesting. They look similar to the puzzles which use quotes from books (which I now remember are called cryptoquotes), though with a quote, you have the whole context of how sentences are written, so you can think about common words in sentences, which words often follow certain words, etc., whereas this is more contextless words, I guess. But I see you get a couple of clues to start you off. Looks fun.
I got Wordle in 3/6 today--it's only my 4th day playing. It's probably a good thing there's only one a day, so you can't get totally addicted. I always start with ATONE, because it uses 5 of the 6 most common letters and the three most common vowels. Emory University has a very useful letter frequency chart that includes most common beginning and ending letters as well as the most common bigrams and trigrams.
I start with HASTE. Even though H isn't one of the most common, I like to start with it because if it is present, it gives a clue to other letters. I'm now using the hello wordl site, as that has no limits in terms of how many you can do. My strategy now is to try HASTE, PROUD and CLING, and then I usually get the word from there. Once the word actually was CLING, which kind of disappointed me, because I like the logic process!
Got the wordle in 3 again, although there was a bit of luck involved - I had a couple of likely possibilities for the third word, and happened to guess right.
... I'm now using the hello wordl site, as that has no limits in terms of how many you can do ...
You mean you're practising beforehand, which ruins the fun???
Ha, a friend actually told me they were using that site to practise. I don't see it as practice, as it's so chance-related, so it's not really something you can improve. I like to observe the statistics, such as how often I get it in two guesses, three guesses, four guesses, etc. I have a strategy that I use for all games, three words that I try, which usually let me realise the word on the fourth try, though I adapt it if the word becomes obvious before then. And occasionally the word doesn't become obvious. Once I lost the game.
I was on cracking form today: 2/6 on Wordle and 1/6 on Byrdle!
eta: it's very hard to resist the temptation, while sitting in a busy railway carriage, to punch one's fist in the air and shout, "YESSS!", but I managed it.
I've been doing Wordle for 26 days straight now. Today was the first time I took 6 moves to get it! I most frequently take 4, sometimes more, sometimes fewer.
Today's was annoying because I guessed the final four letters and then realised there were three possible words it could be (think something like BRAIN, DRAIN and GRAIN). And of course the correct answer was the one I picked last.
My first move varies on different days, but I like to pick something with letters like E, S, T, A, R, N, D.
Today's was annoying because I guessed the final four letters and then realised there were three possible words it could be (think something like BRAIN, DRAIN and GRAIN). And of course the correct answer was the one I picked last.
Yeah, it took me six goes today as well. No letters on my first guess, just one orange on the second, two greens on the third.
I started with Byrdle, which seemed manageable so decided to start Wordle as well. I thought it would be much harder, given the much wider range of vocabulary, but it's really understanding letter patterns as to what is most likely, after the second go. I really enjoy playing Scrabble, so it's good to have another word game to do in between.
If you're down to a choice between BRAIN, DRAIN, and GRAIN, then the simple strategy (guess one after the other) is equally likely to get the right answer in 1, 2, or 3 goes.
Whereas if you selected, for example, BRAID as your next guess, then you're guaranteed the answer in 2 goes. (if B is green, it's BRAIN. Else if D is orange, it's DRAIN, else it's GRAIN.)
Both methods get you the answer in, on average, the same number of guesses, but the variance differs.
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Yes, code puzzles are my favourite kind, which is why I like Wordle. I'm not sure what you mean by codeword puzzles - if you mean where there is a quotation from a book, and you need to work out what the letters are, to work out the quote, I love these, though haven't done one for years.
They're every bit as addictive as crosswords, Wordle or Sudoku!
Ah, interesting. They look similar to the puzzles which use quotes from books (which I now remember are called cryptoquotes), though with a quote, you have the whole context of how sentences are written, so you can think about common words in sentences, which words often follow certain words, etc., whereas this is more contextless words, I guess. But I see you get a couple of clues to start you off. Looks fun.
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You mean you're practising beforehand, which ruins the fun???
So should I,
Ha, a friend actually told me they were using that site to practise. I don't see it as practice, as it's so chance-related, so it's not really something you can improve. I like to observe the statistics, such as how often I get it in two guesses, three guesses, four guesses, etc. I have a strategy that I use for all games, three words that I try, which usually let me realise the word on the fourth try, though I adapt it if the word becomes obvious before then. And occasionally the word doesn't become obvious. Once I lost the game.
I tried that and somehow spent all afternoon playing it - I blame doublethink - it's can't possibly be my fault at all....
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I usually use Stare to start with
I'm still trying to find the best second line
Mwahahahaha ….
Hmmm, PESKY might be a good one, too.
I've been experimenting with DOING as well
eta: it's very hard to resist the temptation, while sitting in a busy railway carriage, to punch one's fist in the air and shout, "YESSS!", but I managed it.
I got Byrdle in 2 today and Wordle in what is becoming my customary 4.
Got Byrdle in two! Now I'm just going to expect the rest of the day to be fabulous!
Today's was annoying because I guessed the final four letters and then realised there were three possible words it could be (think something like BRAIN, DRAIN and GRAIN). And of course the correct answer was the one I picked last.
My first move varies on different days, but I like to pick something with letters like E, S, T, A, R, N, D.
Yeah, it took me six goes today as well. No letters on my first guess, just one orange on the second, two greens on the third.
Whereas if you selected, for example, BRAID as your next guess, then you're guaranteed the answer in 2 goes. (if B is green, it's BRAIN. Else if D is orange, it's DRAIN, else it's GRAIN.)
Both methods get you the answer in, on average, the same number of guesses, but the variance differs.