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  • Burned in a Wordle Trap Again

    From JGibson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 10 21:15:28 2022
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  • From Johnny RSFCootball@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 11 05:57:41 2022
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  • From mercellusb@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 11 05:50:03 2022
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  • From mercellusb@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 11 06:02:15 2022
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  • From mercellusb@21:1/5 to Johnny RSFCootball on Fri Mar 11 05:59:39 2022
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8:57:44 AM UTC-5, Johnny RSFCootball wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 12:15:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Wordle 265 X/6
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    I was also burned by this one.
    My spousal unit got it in 6.
    Xyzzy had the right strategy for the easy moders.
    Yeah but you get to a point where you need to play what you know might be correct.

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  • From Johnny RSFCootball@21:1/5 to mercellusb on Fri Mar 11 08:09:16 2022
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8:02:18 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8:57:44 AM UTC-5, Johnny RSFCootball wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 12:15:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Wordle 265 X/6
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    I was also burned by this one.
    My spousal unit got it in 6.
    Xyzzy had the right strategy for the easy moders.
    And for what it’s worth genius, xyzzy got that strategy elsewhere.

    I just meant he used it effectively today, not that he necessarily invented it.

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  • From mercellusb@21:1/5 to Johnny RSFCootball on Fri Mar 11 08:10:47 2022
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 11:09:18 AM UTC-5, Johnny RSFCootball wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8:02:18 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8:57:44 AM UTC-5, Johnny RSFCootball wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 12:15:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Wordle 265 X/6
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    I was also burned by this one.
    My spousal unit got it in 6.
    Xyzzy had the right strategy for the easy moders.
    And for what it’s worth genius, xyzzy got that strategy elsewhere.
    I just meant he used it effectively today, not that he necessarily invented it.
    well okay then, NUFF SAID

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  • From xyzzy@21:1/5 to Johnny RSFCootball on Fri Mar 11 16:51:42 2022
    Johnny RSFCootball <1jay1miller1970@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:59:42 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8:57:44 AM UTC-5, Johnny RSFCootball wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 12:15:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Wordle 265 X/6
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    I was also burned by this one.
    My spousal unit got it in 6.
    Xyzzy had the right strategy for the easy moders.
    Yeah but you get to a point where you need to play what you know might be correct.

    If you’re down to the final letter and there are fewer possibilities for the final letter than remaining guesses, then it would have been either unnecessary or a mistake to do what xyzzy did. But in James’ case, he had more possible letters than remaining guesses.


    Once you have that puzzle down to just the first letter, I count 8 possibilities for the first letter. Assuming you haven’t eliminated enough
    of them in earlier guesses, it’s a pure guessing game at that point unless you do what I did. In hard mode you are scrood.

    Also two of the possible first letters are already in the word, which would nullify my strategy and can really fuck you over.


    --
    “I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian, liberal personality.” — Altie

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  • From xyzzy@21:1/5 to mercellusb on Fri Mar 11 16:51:43 2022
    mercellusb <tdrake7@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8:57:44 AM UTC-5, Johnny RSFCootball wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 12:15:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Wordle 265 X/6
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    I was also burned by this one.
    My spousal unit got it in 6.
    Xyzzy had the right strategy for the easy moders.
    And for what it’s worth genius, xyzzy got that strategy elsewhere.

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  • From Johnny RSFCootball@21:1/5 to mercellusb on Fri Mar 11 08:27:12 2022
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:59:42 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8:57:44 AM UTC-5, Johnny RSFCootball wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 12:15:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Wordle 265 X/6
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    I was also burned by this one.
    My spousal unit got it in 6.
    Xyzzy had the right strategy for the easy moders.
    Yeah but you get to a point where you need to play what you know might be correct.

    If you’re down to the final letter and there are fewer possibilities for the final letter than remaining guesses, then it would have been either unnecessary or a mistake to do what xyzzy did. But in James’ case, he had more possible letters than
    remaining guesses.

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  • From xyzzy@21:1/5 to xyzzy on Fri Mar 11 16:53:53 2022
    xyzzy <xyzzy.dude@gmail.com> wrote:
    mercellusb <tdrake7@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8:57:44 AM UTC-5, Johnny RSFCootball wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 12:15:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Wordle 265 X/6
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    I was also burned by this one.
    My spousal unit got it in 6.
    Xyzzy had the right strategy for the easy moders.
    And for what it’s worth genius, xyzzy got that strategy elsewhere.


    Well for what it’s worth I came up with that strategy on my own. But it’s not so unique or brilliant that thousands of other people couldn’t also
    come up with it on their own.

    --
    “I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian, liberal personality.” — Altie

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  • From mercellusb@21:1/5 to xyzzy on Fri Mar 11 09:18:47 2022
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 11:53:57 AM UTC-5, xyzzy wrote:
    xyzzy <xyzzy...@gmail.com> wrote:
    mercellusb <tdr...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8:57:44 AM UTC-5, Johnny RSFCootball wrote: >>> On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 12:15:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Wordle 265 X/6
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    I was also burned by this one.
    My spousal unit got it in 6.
    Xyzzy had the right strategy for the easy moders.
    And for what it’s worth genius, xyzzy got that strategy elsewhere.

    Well for what it’s worth I came up with that strategy on my own. But it’s
    not so unique or brilliant that thousands of other people couldn’t also come up with it on their own.
    --
    “I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian, liberal personality.” — Altie
    Okay you must have multiple strategies then, because the one strategy that I recall you expounding on, and that would not have been optimal in this case, was a strategy about which you said something like "I didn't come up with that, I saw it elsewhere."
    I don't keep up with the daily strategies.

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to xyzzy on Fri Mar 11 11:15:38 2022
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 11:51:46 AM UTC-5, xyzzy wrote:
    Johnny RSFCootball <1jay1mi...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:59:42 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8:57:44 AM UTC-5, Johnny RSFCootball wrote: >>> On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-6, mercellusb wrote:
    On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 12:15:30 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    Wordle 265 X/6
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    I was also burned by this one.
    My spousal unit got it in 6.
    Xyzzy had the right strategy for the easy moders.
    Yeah but you get to a point where you need to play what you know might be correct.

    If you’re down to the final letter and there are fewer possibilities for the final letter than remaining guesses, then it would have been either unnecessary or a mistake to do what xyzzy did. But in James’ case, he had
    more possible letters than remaining guesses.

    Once you have that puzzle down to just the first letter, I count 8 possibilities for the first letter. Assuming you haven’t eliminated enough of them in earlier guesses, it’s a pure guessing game at that point unless you do what I did. In hard mode you are scrood.

    Also two of the possible first letters are already in the word, which would nullify my strategy and can really fuck you over.

    So, my first guess ruled out nothing. My second guess ruled out two of the possibilities. Guess #3, where I still didn't have that down ruled out one more possibility. Then, I actually made the two guesses where the letter was already in the word.
    One big thing is that I got hung up on the pronunciation, so the actual answer didn't even occur to me as a possibility.


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  • From Johnny RSFCootball@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 17 12:09:12 2022
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