Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions

[Inanna]

Got lucky:

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[elengil]

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(Found the 'share' button!)

[Jude]

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I think my new strategy is working.

[Inanna]

And what’s that?

[Frelga]

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So far, using all known letters in the next word worked well for me.

[Alatar]

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[RoseMorninStar]

Inanna, you did get lucky! Frelga too!

Jude, I've been using that strategy (sometimes) and it (sometimes) works well.
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[narya]

I was lucky in my first two random words as well.
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[elengil]

I was lucky in my first two random words as well.
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I was lucky in my first two words also

However, I apparently can think of far too many words that end in those last four letters LOL

[narya]

Next iteration: Absurdle.

Here's the explanation:
http://qntm.org/wordle

Here's the game:
https://qntm.org/files/wordle/index.html

You can play the game again by clicking new game, or by back tracking partway up your current game - it might end up with a different secret word (read the explanation).

I've played a few sets *ahem* and the answers so far have duplicate letters.

[Frelga]

Spoilered in case anyone wants experience the game on their own terms:

Hidden text.

Since the game initially defaults to the set of words that have NO letters in common with the first guess, any letters in that guess will be eliminated from the pool. My current strategy is to get rid of Y, as my first couple words were all variations of
_ _ xxY.

[Alatar]

Absurdle 7/∞









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Hah!

[Jude]

So I have two guesses with ten different letters. I have five yellows, which means that I know what all the five letters are. Now I just have to make those letters into a word to solve the puzzle...

[Jude]

And it's done...

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[Inanna]

So I have two guesses with ten different letters. I have five yellows, which means that I know what all the five letters are. Now I just have to make those letters into a word to solve the puzzle...

Ah. and how do you choose the two first words? Narya had something about vowels and common consonants... where did that post go?

[Jude]

I choose two words that have no letters in common - that way I can narrow it down faster.

[elengil]

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Hidden text.

THERE IS ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY I GOT THE ANSWER SO FAST TODAY LOL

[Alatar]

I normally start with "Query" and "Point" as it gives you almost all the vowels apart from "a" and there's no overlapping letters. Also, T and R are common letters.

[Inanna]

I normally start with "Query" and "Point" as it gives you almost all the vowels apart from "a" and there's no overlapping letters. Also, T and R are common letters.

Oh, wow.

[Inanna]

I do think that using q in the first try is a bit of a waste….

Meanwhile, I’m at 4 yellows in my second word.