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Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
50,205
Faversham
TTFT

The first guess payed dividends.


Wordle 1,002 3/6

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Si Gull

Way Down South
Mar 18, 2008
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Wordle 1,002 3/6*

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A tad lucky there in that I assumed a couple of much more common words had already been solutions.
It's interesting, this. I think most of us tend to opt for the 'more likely' word first but, the answers are randomly selected by software so, no word is more likely to be an answer than any other; I understand that the answers are curated to remove offensive words, etc.

In game #175, for example, it would have been a real punt to play the answer Conic rather than the more obvious Tonic (assuming the T was still in play) yet each word had the same probability of being right.

I can only think that conditioning pushes us towards the more familiar words despite the knowledge that they are no more likely to be the answer.
 






Bakero

Languidly clinical
Oct 9, 2010
13,798
AlmerΓ­a
It's interesting, this. I think most of us tend to opt for the 'more likely' word first but, the answers are randomly selected by software so, no word is more likely to be an answer than any other; I understand that the answers are curated to remove offensive words, etc.

In game #175, for example, it would have been a real punt to play the answer Conic rather than the more obvious Tonic (assuming the T was still in play) yet each word had the same probability of being right.

I can only think that conditioning pushes us towards the more familiar words despite the knowledge that they are no more likely to be the answer.

The list is limited though and really obscure words aren't included.

You're right, of course, that shirt is no more likely than spurt but I do find that going for the most common words first pays off.
 




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