Wordle Bulletin # 503 (November 4, 2022)
My strategy is built to ensure I solve 95% of the puzzles in 4 guesses or less. It is not built to always shoot for the lowest score possible. The score depends a lot on the seed word. Wordle is a game of luck and skill.
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Target Word: PHOTO
Typical Wordle Word Construct: 2 Vowels and one compound/paired consonant (2 letters or 3 letters; seen with >50% frequency)
Today’s Wordle Word Construct: Typical; 2 Vowels (O and O), One compound consonant (PH)
# Of Guesses: 3.7 WordleBot average per Marc McLaren*; 3 for WordleGuru
Seed Word: LATER; I am rotating the seed word among my go-to words with two vowels. These are. ALERT/LATER (anagrams), SALET, ROAST, and LOSER.
Seed Word Revelations: one consonant (T) but not its position; no vowels.
# Of Possible Solutions after the seed word: too many
Second Word: SONIC; I needed to search for additional vowels. Since U is the lowest frequency vowel, I chose not to include it in the second word. I had a hunch that there is no Y.
Second Word Revelations: 1 vowel (O) but not its position; no consonant
# Of Possible Solutions after the second word: Two – PHOTO and OUGHT. Based on frequencies, I picked PHOTO, and it led me to the answer – PHOTO.
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EnotE (Eliminate-not-Enumerate) Strategy deployment: Not needed today
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Final thoughts: Wordle is a game of luck and skill. So much depends on the seed word. LadyLuck was on my side today. WordleGod was nowhere to be found today.
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Statistics corner: Frequency of 2 Os in one word is 2.6%.
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My other work you may find interesting
I write Rhyming Prose (Prose that rhymes). My work in this area can be found on my website, Rhyming Prose — … when a poem won’t do it!
I have also started writing free-verse poems. My work in this area can be found on my website, Budding Poets Corner – Poet Laureates of Tomorrow
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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.
https: //www.tomsguide.com/news/what-is-todays-wordle-answer#section-previous-wordle-answers
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