Ditto have starters that cover all the vowels and str and 2 others - no duplicates, but my go to third if that is not looking good has another different 5 letters. Have missed less days since getting the account signed up properly on the mobile device as well.
I'm a "different word each day" sort of person. I look out the window, see what's on the news, and give it a go. I'd be interested in your approach.Don't necessarily change it if its been working for you. Most regular posters here stick with their regular starter work, and some change their starter word daily. These different approaches seem to have similar end results. I have been taking a slightly different approach and will let you know how its going soon
Well, I probably spend way too much time every day analysing data, and this game certainly adds to the "too much time" category. Generally done during my morning coffee consumption period. But data analysis can certainly lead to skewed results, and some would (likely rightly) suggest my method is not in the spirit of the game. I do like to see other people's approaches, and I keep a lot of data in a spreadsheet, including all previous answer words.
Interesting.
You'd be banned from Casinos I'd suggest.Well, I probably spend way too much time every day analysing data, and this game certainly adds to the "too much time" category. Generally done during my morning coffee consumption period. But data analysis can certainly lead to skewed results, and some would (likely rightly) suggest my method is not in the spirit of the game. I do like to see other people's approaches, and I keep a lot of data in a spreadsheet, including all previous answer words.
I don't post my results here very often as they have become more and more skewed as my analysis improves.
Here is today's result. I had narrowed it down to two possibilities and guessed correctly.
Wordle 803 1/6
Some interesting statistics:
Most common first letter by a significant factor is "S" (104 words), which is probably not too surprising. But the next three most common first letters is a little surprising to me, being "C" (69 words), "B" ( 62 words) and "A" (58 words), the "F" and "T" (51 words). While I know a lot of "B", "C" and "F" words get used in common vernacular, the rate of appearance in Wordle is somewhat interesting.
Of these most common first letters, 4 of them are used regularly by several AFF members somewhere in their words.
In the last 2 months, no words starting with G, J, K, N, R, U, X, Z have been Wordle answers. But how should that data be interpreted? Does it mean they are more likely to come up in the future, or not?
I avoid casinos. Too much of a high-risk short-term investment for me
I guess everyone finds their enjoyment in different ways. I like trying to sort out the Why's too, hence interested in NM's theories. And sick of taking six guesses each time.You clearly realise that what you’re doing is just short-circuiting the process to obtain the result: you’re not actually playing the game of wordle any more. Which is fine if the interest is in the data behind it, rather than the challenge to recall a subset of English words.
I went down a similar path for a week or so in the middle of last year, of tracking and working out the start words of the ten or so regular posters on this thread. But that was to try and understand what others used for start words. I never finished it because I found a couple of detailed articles online discussing the probabilities and start word options. So I settled on my two starters and have just enjoyed the challenge of playing the game. I know certain letter combinations (bigrams and digraphs apparently!) are more common and that informs my guesses.
Still batting 100% which I’m satisfied with: although I know that YACHT or something like GEESE will be out there waiting to mug me one day.
But I'm getting better anyway, maybe it's the start word Im using. I don't think I'm any cleverer.
Yes, exactly. Its more a matter of satisfying my personal curiosity of how people think than playing the game myself. I got bored with playing for myself and lost interest in the game, but the analysis has been more interesting.
