I just *hate* making an unforced error. It's particularly dissappointing when the unforced error occurs only moments after determining the right thing to do -- but then NOT doing it.
To elaborate on this feeling of self-loathing, here's my post on the New York Time's Wordle Review comments for yesterday.
Wordle 961 5/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 SHONE 496 WL
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 TRAIL 4 WL
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 REBEL 2 WL
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 REVEL 1 WL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REPEL
WordleBot
Skill 99/99
Luck 38/99
Streak 712
Unforced errors are difficult for me to take. But STUPID mistakes — where you KNOW the right thing to do — but don’t do it? I’m REPEL-led by them.
After Guess #1 & #2 today, I was quite certain that 3 possible solutions remained. “How could I be so sure?” you ask. Because Game #629 (on 3/10/2023 — where REVEL was the solution) told me so. I consulted my list of PU words just to be sure — because my brain had seized on the idea that Wordle might be tricky and pick solutions with a V two days in a row. Nope — REBEL & REPEL were left. If I got lucky, I could solve in 3 or settle for a par, at the worst. So I played REBEL for Guess #3, exactly like The Bot. But then…I didn’t do what I *knew* I had to do. I didn’t play REBEL, like I was supposed to. The man with the V’s in his bonnet played REVEL — just like The Bot (which keeps itself blissfully ignorant of previous solutions)! I was so disappointed in myself. I tied The Bot (adding insult to injury somehow) but was roundly defeated (as I deserved to be) by the (current) NYT avg (5 vs. 4.3).
The journey to restore my self-image will already be underway, by the time you read this. Hope your week started better than mine.
Take care and stay safe.
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