I posted this on the New York Time's Wordle Review comments yesterday --
Wordle 924 2/6
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 SHONE 15 WL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THREE
WordleBot
Skill 74/99
Luck 91/99
Streak 675
(To be sung to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”)
“On the Sixth Day of Christmas, my First Guess showed to me
H & E — in position for me
I knew 3 words were remaining — it was foreshadowing
I beat The Bot, with a deuce — the solution was THREE”
There’s nothing that’ll lower your SKILL score quicker than leveraging information on previous solutions to reduce the number of guesses required to solve. Guess #1 provided H & E, both in position. From information gleaned playing Game #839 (CHIME on 10/6/2023), I knew The Bot thought there were 14 words left (15 as of today — apparently, PHAGE has been added as a possible solution — though an unlikely one, in my opinion). But I knew I had a one-in-THREE chance of solving on my second Guess — and I embraced that opportunity. Rather than using The Bot’s favorite word in that scenario (the unseemly WARTY), I went with THREE for the 2, and was rewarded for my insight and boldness when all the squares turned GREEN. I beat both The Bot and the (current) NYT avg (2 vs 3.7). I’m also THREE quarters of the way to my next 💯 (7️⃣0️⃣0️⃣) in The Streak. All in all, the day has started well.
Today is the middle day of a socializing Trifecta (the whole THREE theme just persists). We had dinner with our traveling buddies last night at a great little Mexican place in downtown Farmington, MI. It was wonderful to get caught up before our trip to Maui in February. Today, we’re having lunch with good friends we haven’t seen in almost a year (our plans have kept falling through). And Sunday, we’re having friends over to our place for New Year’s Eve. My bride (the introvert) is barely coping with all the interaction — but I (the extrovert) am loving it. Hope anyone reading this is having a wonderful weekend.
Take care and stay safe.
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