A note on Wordle strategy.
Today’s Wordle went like this for me:
Wordle 497 5/6
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
If you get to a point like my third guess, where you have several fixed letters, but many options in the remaining places, pause.
Trying the remaining options one at a time can lead to trouble. Instead, collect the most likely letters that fit and try a word that uses as many of them possible. This will narrow the field dramatically.
I was sure my fourth guess would generate a hit, which would tell me the answer, but five misses had the same effect. Often, I find that this helps when a letter appears more than once in the word and I have mistakenly ruled it out.
Miraz Jordan Ooooh, good idea. I’ve had several where by word 3 or 4 there are several choices for the missing letters and I’ve tried them one by one only to miss out.
Colin Devroe Interesting strategy. I never “fish” for letters with a throwaway guess. I play on “Hard Mode” (which I feel is easier).
Clifford Beshers @cdevroe I tried hard mode and I found it just made the game less interesting.
Colin Devroe The reason I don’t personally care for fishing for letters is because I consider my # of guesses to be my “score” in the game. I’m not out to just discover the word, I want to do so in the last amount of attempts. Perhaps I’m playing it wrong though.