Thursday, February 8, 2024

The Day AFTER


Here's my post on the New York Time's Wordle Review comments for yesterday.

Wordle 963 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 SHONE   496 WL
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ TRAIL         11 WL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AFTER

WordleBot
Skill 90/99
Luck 56/99
Streak 714

Under Par on back-to-back days — I’m starting to feel good about myself again.

Guess #1 gave me only a Yellow E (496 solutions remaining) — but Guess #2 hit the jackpot, providing T, R & A (all out of position).  So, I had 4 of 5 letters — but didn’t know the location of any — just places where they *didn’t* belong.  Not to mention (although I’m about to), there’s a TON of words you can make with E, T, R & A!  Once I had cross referenced with previous solutions and eliminated letters, I felt my best options were:  AFTER, EATER & WATER.  Since I wasn’t at all sure those three words were the *only* solutions left, I didn’t consider playing “defensively” (for example:  WATER would ensure a solution in 4 among those 3 words).  I felt good about AFTER — and I felt even better AFTER I played it.  I tied The Bot but bested the (current) NYT avg handily (3 vs. 3.8).  

Hopefully I can go “3 for Three” tomorrow. 

Take care and stay safe.

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