Wordle Bulletin # 492 (October 24, 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.
Target Word: FAULT
Typical Wordle Word Construct: 2 Vowels and one compound consonant (2 letters or 3 letters; seen with >50% frequency)
Today’s Wordle Word Construct: Typical; 2 vowels (A and U), 1 compound consonant (LT)
# Of Guesses: 4.0 WordleBot average per Marc McLaren*; 4 for WordleGuru
Seed Word: SOARE
Seed Word Revelations: 1 vowel (A), but not its exact position
# Of Possible Solutions after the Seed Word: Too many
Second Word: UNITY; most of the Wordle words have 2 vowels. Therefore, I needed to search for the second vowel, if there is one. The standard go to word for this is UNITY (after SOARE as the seed word).
Revelations from the 2nd word: one vowel (U) and 1 consonant (T) but not their exact positions.
# Of Possible Solutions after the Second Word: 7 including 1 set of orthographic neighbor words, VAULT, FAULT, HAULT. The other 4 words are ADULT, GAMUT, KAPUT and DATUM.
I had to start employing my EnotE strategy. I was quite sure that the target word will be one of the orthographic neighbor words, based on history. I could not think of a word that would eliminate 6 of the 7. So, I had to prioritize the elimination of the 3 orthographic neighbor words in the choice of the elimination word. The elimination word I came up with is THIEF. I wanted to use one of the three orthographic words as the elimination word (gives me a chance to solve the puzzle right here), but it wouldn’t have covered all of the remaining for words.
Third Word: THIEF; it did the job and led me to the target word – FAULT.
EnotE (Eliminate-not-Enumerate) Strategy deployment: This Wordle is a good example of the power of the EnotE strategy.
Final thoughts: WordleGod was at it again, picking one of the orthographic neighbor words as the target word.
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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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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
