A bit of fun - WORDLE. (NB, US spelling!) No spoilers please

3 today…… I know NYT say it’s not got harder but I’d say the words are a little more obscure than before. Think in a perverse way that can help because once you have a couple of letters it can reduce the number of options open to you…….
 
The correct answer was the first thing I thought of for my 4th guess, but then spent ages working through the combinations until I came up with an alternative, a much more common word that seemed a likelier solution. Used that, and of course it was wrong, so my original word got me there in 5.
 
Retune said:
The correct answer was the first thing I thought of for my 4th guess, but then spent ages working through the combinations until I came up with an alternative, a much more common word that seemed a likelier solution. Used that, and of course it was wrong, so my original word got me there in 5.
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Been there, done that, but not today. Somehow one thinks less common words are more unlikely but that shouldn’t be true if they are ‘random’ selections from a list.
 
sphexx said:
Been there, done that, but not today. Somehow one thinks less common words are more unlikely but that shouldn’t be true if they are ‘random’ selections from a list.
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I think it's not a completely random selection - the original author cherry-picked words, and the NYT have said they'll eliminate 'obscure' words. But they've had several uncommon words recently...
 
Retune said:
I think it's not a completely random selection - the original author cherry-picked words, and the NYT have said they'll eliminate 'obscure' words. But they've had several uncommon words recently...
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I did the ‘fake’ wordlegame that may well use the same list as it’s apparently available and I thought several words came up more frequently than one would expect — just impression though :(.
 
5, I feel like I'm just making up words to fit now

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Mostly yellow until 4th
 
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Only my 2nd 2, very chuffed! :banana:

Krisstiffer said:
3 today…… I know NYT say it’s not got harder but I’d say the words are a little more obscure than before. Think in a perverse way that can help because once you have a couple of letters it can reduce the number of options open to you…….
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This is how I thought too. (I did the Wordle before coming on here BTW)

2Y + 1G, a considerable amount of thinking before 2nd guess gave me 5G.
 
I honestly have never heard/read this word used before, I thought it was going to do a 'jiggle' as in, not an actual word when I chanced it tbh
 
And a 4 again today, 3Y, 2G 1Y, 3G, 5G. As others have said a bit of a tricky one today.
 
My 2nd 2 as well. Lucky guess after a 1g 1y.
 
Cagey75 said:
I honestly have never heard/read this word used before, I thought it was going to do a 'jiggle' as in, not an actual word when I chanced it tbh
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In my experience it (and its derivatives) are fairly common and there’s that famous Roman …
 
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You and I both spotted his influence. ;)
 
sphexx said:
In my experience it (and its derivatives) are fairly common and there’s that famous Roman …
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Honestly cannot recall anyone ever utter the word - yet, it came to mind when guessing, maybe I have come across it at some point. Was tricky though
 
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So many choices today, 5 for me :rolleyes:
 
5 today - and looking back at my guesses I should have waited until my coffee had kicked in………
 
3 today. 2B,3B,5O.
 
The standard 4 for me today
 
A 3 for me today, a good start helped. 4Y, 2G 2Y, 5G.
 
Back to 3 for me. 1g2y, 2g1y, 5g. The 2g meant that the y in guess 2 had to be in one place so that effectively gave me 3g so limited options.
 
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Turned out to be simple enough but I admit I was stumped for a bit after 3rd guess because of the letters I'd revealed/placement
 
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4 today, 2Y on my first guess :)
 
3 today, nothing on my first guess which has never happened before!
 
3 today - best for a while……
 
4.
 
Usual 4 today but a tricky one for me, 1Y, 1G 1Y, 3Y, 5G.
 
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