Wordle Bulletin #633 (March 14, 2023) — “Regression to the mean!”
I need to make a comment about my reaction to yesterday’s score of 5. My niece reminded me of my own saying that scores “regress to the mean”. I know my mean score is slightly over 3.5. This implies I have to expect 4’s and occasional 5’s along with 3’s for the mean to come out slightly over 3.5. I apologize for my overreaction.
Today’s Wordle:
Target Word: SURLY
# Of Guesses: 3.8 WordleBot average per Marc McLaren*, 3 for WordleGuru
Typical or atypical target word? — Typical, it contains only 2 vowels (U, Y) and one compound consonant (RL). The “norm” is 2 vowels and 1 compound/paired consonant.
Seed Word: STARE – The “go-to” seed word starting March 8, 2023.
What we learned from the Seed Word: The seed word revealed 2 consonants – S (in the 1st position) and R without revealing its position. Too many possibilities at this stage. Need more discovery.
2nd word: CHOIL (2nd word of the triad STARE/CHOIL/PUDGY): It revealed L but not its position. At this stage, only 1 possible word – SURLY! 😊
Final Thoughts: Wordle is a game of luck and skill. Sometimes luck favors the game and sometimes it favors the player. Today luck was not in play.
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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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