Is it supposed to be interesting or a test of some sort of ability? It seems like basically guesswork. I suppose a harmless waste of time like so many other games. I got one of them in three and today took 5. Lots of possibilities (well not so many by the time I’d got to the 5th guess today, but up to that point…)
thought id take a look, it gave 3 clues. showed it started with a W and said it was in the right place. so i kept guessing words starting with W. answer was CRAMP or something?
Things I like about Wordle is that it is deliberately not click bait- there’s no ads, no app to download (therefore no attempt to send you notifications) and there is a one word a day limit- so less phone time and better mental health. As the creator Josh Wardle (geddit?) says
“It’s not trying to do anything shady with your data or your eyeballs … It’s just a game that’s fun.”
I have just had 5 goes and got 2 in 2 guesses and 3 in three guesses. I start each go with SPACE as it uses A, E & S which are fairly commonly used letters. Depending what the result of that is I try to use the some of the remaining vowels.
This was the last game. Before that I had NERVE is 3 goes, LEASE in 2 and I can’t remember the other two words but they both only took 3 goes.
Either I am psychic or there is some kind of fix I suspect. Anyone else find it suspiciously easy?
I think SPACE is just a really good word to start with. I tried using DIARY and LEAST, but SPACE seems to really work well. I think the P and C are really effective to have on the first attempt.
Been doing this for a while now, something to do while having my morning cup of tea. Twice now I’ve guessed the word on the first try! Only ha done fail so far, more down to luck than anything.
STARE is excellent. I tend to use TRAIN as a starting point, again for the vowels and common consonants.
Started this yesteday following this thread and having seen it mentioned in the Guardian a couple of days ago – I worry I’m the most suggestible person ever!
I used SWEAT both times, each with success. My gut feeling was for 2 vowels, not persuaded yet with the 3 vowel suggestion. I guess TEARS (or STARE) may be a better starting word.
I’m on twitter naughty step because I tweeted the answer. It was my first one and I got it in 3, gushed about it on twitter without realising everyone gets the same word, thought they were all different. Lesson learned: nobody needs to be tweeting about wordle