Taking the word world by storm, Wordle! I am a beginner so I got stuck quick and created
Wordle Solver
to figure out the Wordle. I can solve Wordle in 4 tries by first trying SLATE and then
PRIMO and then narrow down the Wordle word from those two. The holy grail of figuring out
Wordle in 3 tries constantly is very hard. Millions of users share strategies on
Twitter and other social media.
How does Wordle Work
Wordle has only 2500 words currently. So choose obvious words that you know as that
is probably the answer. Say the word choices are TEAKS and SKATE. The answer is
probably SKATE. Now we are writing AI software to help figure out the best way to win
wordle. With a mixture of statistics and math we see the humand mind vs the computer.
The Artifical Intelligence, AI, programs show many words are equally good to start out
as the first guess. Luck has a lot to do with it regardless of human or computer.
A linguistics expert is the best human to go up against the computer.
You must think like Sherlock Holmes and just as he did
crack the code with letter frequency. So we need letter frequency which
is easy to get.
So do you attack vowels or consonants? Right now linguistics are attacking common
letters to rule out words. Based on the results of your first word you can plan
out the best second word to guess. Each letter has a frequency for letter 1 through
letter 5 in the word. The letter Y is 20 times more likely to be the last letter,
letter 5, than any other spot in the word. The more you study where letters are
likely to appear the faster you solve the Wordle. If S is the First letter than
the odds go up that a T is the second letter compared to R. The more you think
it through and the more knowledge you gain the better you will do.
I am constantly thinking of how to use linguistics to solve the Wordle faster.
Some first words are ADIEU and LOUIE and for consonant attackers CRANE and SLATE
are popular. I find the second word much more important.
One thing I try not to do is use the same letter in the second word because
I want to gain maximum information for my third guess. As I play I will learn
more. So far my AI bot solves the word in 4 tries and my linguistic strategy solves
the Wordle in 4 attempts as well. The computer is much faster. Definitely try
your own strategy and see if you can't best us all!
(Tip: If you missed a Wordle don't worry)
Replay any Wordle at Wordle Archive
