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Re: Wordle
Reply #135 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 10:55am

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 10:39am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 9:06am:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 9:02am:

So...now I'll do what I always do. Go watch some TV and ponder what I have.

What odds now Mr Eckhart?

1 in 6.

I reckon I now have it, but before I post it, how did you arrive at those odds?

Wrote down a list of all possible words, given _E_ER, and eliminated the least likely words in my opinion; leaving 6 probable.

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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38531 Gender:	Re: Wordle Reply #136 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 11:22am The middle letter cannot be a 'v.' So, the odds again?
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48834 At my desk.	Re: Wordle Reply #137 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:18pm There are far fewer options than Eckart suggests.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38531 Gender:	Re: Wordle Reply #138 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:23pm freediver wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:18pm: There are far fewer options than Eckart suggests. Correct. It is either fewer, newer, or sewer. My money is on.... fewer. Meets the alphabet test, 'newer' is an odd word, and 'sewer' (while topical here at OzPol) is a sort of abbreviation. I'll try 'fewer' when I have had lunch.
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Reply #139 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:47pm

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:23pm:

freediver wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:18pm:

There are far fewer options than Eckart suggests.

Correct.

It is either fewer, newer, or sewer.

My money is on.... fewer.

Meets the alphabet test, 'newer' is an odd word, and 'sewer' (while topical here at OzPol) is a sort of abbreviation.

I'll try 'fewer' when I have had lunch.

Oh really?

What's your prejudice against DEFER, DETER, REFER, METER?

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Reply #140 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:55pm

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:47pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:23pm:

freediver wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:18pm:

There are far fewer options than Eckart suggests.

Correct.

It is either fewer, newer, or sewer.

My money is on.... fewer.

Meets the alphabet test, 'newer' is an odd word, and 'sewer' (while topical here at OzPol) is a sort of abbreviation.

I'll try 'fewer' when I have had lunch.

Oh really?

What's your prejudice against DEFER, DETER, REFER, METER?

Never occurred to me. My mind went straight to 'w' being in the middle.

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Reply #141 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:57pm

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:55pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:47pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:23pm:

freediver wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:18pm:

There are far fewer options than Eckart suggests.

Correct.

It is either fewer, newer, or sewer.

My money is on.... fewer.

Meets the alphabet test, 'newer' is an odd word, and 'sewer' (while topical here at OzPol) is a sort of abbreviation.

I'll try 'fewer' when I have had lunch.

Oh really?

What's your prejudice against DEFER, DETER, REFER, METER?

Never occurred to me. My mind went straight to 'w' being in the middle.

Did it now? Magic!!

Not influenced by the fact that the word has already been published then??

Just 'luck' again eh?

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Reply #142 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 1:40pm

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:57pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:55pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:47pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:23pm:

freediver wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:18pm:

There are far fewer options than Eckart suggests.

Correct.

It is either fewer, newer, or sewer.

My money is on.... fewer.

Meets the alphabet test, 'newer' is an odd word, and 'sewer' (while topical here at OzPol) is a sort of abbreviation.

I'll try 'fewer' when I have had lunch.

Oh really?

What's your prejudice against DEFER, DETER, REFER, METER?

Never occurred to me. My mind went straight to 'w' being in the middle.

Did it now? Magic!!

Not influenced by the fact that the word has already been published then??

Just 'luck' again eh?

Yes, and but more likely some intuitive deduction.

You really ought to allow yourself the pleasure of accepting that some people are not cheats.

And...I do not know where to find the answers and I don't want to be told.

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Reply #143 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 1:55pm

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 1:40pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:57pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:55pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:47pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:23pm:

freediver wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:18pm:

There are far fewer options than Eckart suggests.

Correct.

It is either fewer, newer, or sewer.

My money is on.... fewer.

Meets the alphabet test, 'newer' is an odd word, and 'sewer' (while topical here at OzPol) is a sort of abbreviation.

I'll try 'fewer' when I have had lunch.

Oh really?

What's your prejudice against DEFER, DETER, REFER, METER?

Never occurred to me. My mind went straight to 'w' being in the middle.

Did it now? Magic!!

Not influenced by the fact that the word has already been published then??

Just 'luck' again eh?

Yes, and but more likely some intuitive deduction.

You really ought to allow yourself the pleasure of accepting that some people are not cheats.

And...I do not know where to find the answers and I don't want to be told.

Hmm... Wordle almost never uses comparative adjectives (like fewer, rarer etc)...

And DETER, DEFER, REFER never occurred to you as possibilities!

Somehow, you beat the odds by good old inability to consider alternatives words.

Magic!

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Reply #144 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 2:21pm

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 1:55pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 1:40pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:57pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:55pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:47pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:23pm:

freediver wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:18pm:

There are far fewer options than Eckart suggests.

Correct.

It is either fewer, newer, or sewer.

My money is on.... fewer.

Meets the alphabet test, 'newer' is an odd word, and 'sewer' (while topical here at OzPol) is a sort of abbreviation.

I'll try 'fewer' when I have had lunch.

Oh really?

What's your prejudice against DEFER, DETER, REFER, METER?

Never occurred to me. My mind went straight to 'w' being in the middle.

Did it now? Magic!!

Not influenced by the fact that the word has already been published then??

Just 'luck' again eh?

Yes, and but more likely some intuitive deduction.

You really ought to allow yourself the pleasure of accepting that some people are not cheats.

And...I do not know where to find the answers and I don't want to be told.

Hmm... Wordle almost never uses comparative adjectives (like fewer, rarer etc)...

And DETER, DEFER, REFER never occurred to you as possibilities!

Somehow, you beat the odds by good old inability to consider alternatives words.

Magic!

Ya see...there is your problem. I am new to this and I don't know what Wordle does or does not get up to.

Did you cheat when you came up with alternatives, or was that 'magic?'

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Reply #145 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 2:29pm

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 2:21pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 1:55pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 1:40pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:57pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:55pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:47pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:23pm:

freediver wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:18pm:

There are far fewer options than Eckart suggests.

Correct.

It is either fewer, newer, or sewer.

My money is on.... fewer.

Meets the alphabet test, 'newer' is an odd word, and 'sewer' (while topical here at OzPol) is a sort of abbreviation.

I'll try 'fewer' when I have had lunch.

Oh really?

What's your prejudice against DEFER, DETER, REFER, METER?

Never occurred to me. My mind went straight to 'w' being in the middle.

Did it now? Magic!!

Not influenced by the fact that the word has already been published then??

Just 'luck' again eh?

Yes, and but more likely some intuitive deduction.

You really ought to allow yourself the pleasure of accepting that some people are not cheats.

And...I do not know where to find the answers and I don't want to be told.

Hmm... Wordle almost never uses comparative adjectives (like fewer, rarer etc)...

And DETER, DEFER, REFER never occurred to you as possibilities!

Somehow, you beat the odds by good old inability to consider alternatives words.

Magic!

Ya see...there is your problem. I am new to this and I don't know what Wordle does or does not get up to.

Did you cheat when you came up with alternatives, or was that 'magic?'

How hard do you think it is to run through the alphabet adding a first letter to _E_ER? Takes about a minute. As soon as you get to D, DEFER and DETER come to mind in a second. The R and S, the same.

How did you not consider those 3 obvious possibilities with your 'intuition' and 'analytical skills'?

You've been playing this for at least 6 weeks (nearly 50 games) and you didn't notice that comparative adjectives and plurals are rarely, if ever, used by Wordle.

I'd put money on your already knowing what the word was by this morning.

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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38531 Gender:	Re: Wordle Reply #146 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 2:49pm You'd lose, big time. I do not cheat. You did not directly answer this: Did you cheat when you came up with alternatives, or was that 'magic?' Tomorrow, my first line will be 'phone.' Second line will be 'trail.'
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Reply #147 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 3:16pm

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 2:49pm:

You'd lose, big time. I do not cheat.

You did not directly answer this:

Did you cheat when you came up with alternatives, or was that 'magic?'

No, I went through the alphabet adding each letter successively to _E_ER to arrive at about 6 words (I could think of) that had an equal chance of being possible (as I explained above).

My question to you is, why did you not do this?

Here's the thing. Someone adept at language games would not be 'jagging' the word as you are doing. That doesn't demonstrate skill. A 4 shot on this game would have been indicative of using skills and finally having to roll a six-sided dice for the 3rd. Most would have got it in 4.

But you narrowed those options by lazy thinking and limited ability.

OR you missed DETER, DEFER and REFER because you already knew the word was FEWER, even though Wordle almost never uses comparative adjectives or plurals; something a Wordle player using true skill would have noticed by 50 games in.

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MeisterEckhart Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 11979 Gender:	Re: Wordle Reply #148 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 3:32pm freediver wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 12:18pm: There are far fewer options than Eckart suggests. I see what you did there! DETER, DEFER, REFER, METER, SEWER - I got those as reasonable possibilities. Less likely FEWER, HEWER.
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Reply #149 - Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 3:49pm

MeisterEckhart wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 3:16pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2022 at 2:49pm:

You'd lose, big time. I do not cheat.

You did not directly answer this:

Did you cheat when you came up with alternatives, or was that 'magic?'

No, I went through the alphabet adding each letter successively to _E_ER to arrive at about 6 words (I could think of) that had an equal chance of being possible (as I explained above).

My question to you is, why did you not do this?

Here's the thing. Someone adept at language games would not be 'jagging' the word as you are doing. That doesn't demonstrate skill. A 4 shot on this game would have been indicative of using skills and finally having to roll a six-sided dice for the 3rd. Most would have got it in 4.

But you narrowed those options by lazy thinking and limited ability.

OR you missed DETER, DEFER and REFER because you already knew the word was FEWER, even though Wordle almost never uses comparative adjectives or plurals; something a Wordle player using true skill would have noticed by 50 games in.

Or...the truth. I arrived at it the way I said. You'll just have to come to grips with the fact that I am not cheating.

Let's see your efforts on Tuesday next.

I'll do Monday as I have already said.

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