Wordle Bulletin # 469 (October 1, 2022)
Target Word: LEAVE
Typical Wordle Word Construct: 2 Vowels and one or more compound consonants (seen with >50% frequency)
Today’s Wordle Word Construct: Atypical; 3 vowels (1 A and 2 Es) and no compound consonant
# Of Guesses required :4.2 per NYT’s WordleBot via Marc McLaren*; 4 for WordleGuru
Seed Word: SOARE
Seed Word Revelations: 2 vowels (A and E) in their exact positions; no consonants
Second Word: CLAMP There were more than 100 possible answers after the 1st guess.
Primary Objective for the 2nd word: Deploy the EnotE (Eliminate not Enumerate) strategy. i.e., find a word that would eliminate maximum number of possibilities. There is no 5-letter word to do that. I needed to come close, and I did with CLAMP. After CLAMP, only three possibilities remained – WHALE, LEAVE and QUALE. I used frequency data and selected WHALE. WHALE is a “typical” Wordle word – 2 vowels and 1 compound constant. But, the WordleGod had LEAVE in mind.
Final thoughts: Wordle is a game of luck and skill. LadyLuck was not on my side, unlike yesterday. The EnotE strategy worked in narrowing down the choice to 3 words only but didn’t lead me to an easy victory. 🙁
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*The WordleBot score I refer to comes from Tom’s Guide by Marc McLaren. Marc writes his post at around 7 AM U.K. time.
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