Friday, January 5, 2024

Christmas Wordling: The Eleventh Day Of Christmas

I posted this on the New York Time's Wordle Review comments yesterday -- 

Wordle 929 3/6

🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ SHONE   27 WL
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 GUILT        1 WL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCANT

WordleBot
Skill 99/99
Luck 73/99
Streak 680

(To be sung to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”)

“On the Eleventh Day of Christmas, my First Guess showed to me
An S and an N, both were green 
On my Second Guess, I used GUILT, The Bot’s most favor-eet
It matched the T — Letter 5 was reveal-ed to me
Though I was not aware, just one answer was still free
I typed in SCANT — I won in 3 — And extended my “under par” streak”

My streak of “shooting under par” has now reached ten days — which equals my longest streak.  After Guess #2, I had S, N & T — all in position.  Though I didn’t know it yet, there was only one word left.  SCANT was the first word that came to mind, so I verified it had not been previously used and typed it in.  The “Sea of Green” swirled before my eyes  — and, with it, victory.  I tied The Bot and bested the (current) NYT avg (3 vs 3.5). 

Take care and stay safe.

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