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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew York Times Says They Haven't Made Wordle 'Harder' to Solve -- Despite What Some Fans Think
People MagazineWith some of the latest words "ultra" and "ulcer," for example being particularly challenging to guess, a number of players have speculated that some big changes were made when Wordle was acquired by The New York Times Games.
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However, according to the Times, nothing about the game has actually gotten more challenging.
"Since acquiring Wordle, The Times has not made the puzzle harder. We have not added any words to the solutions list, which was already predetermined by the game's original creator," communications director Jordan Cohen tells PEOPLE.
In fact, they've actually removed a few obscure words "in an effort to make the puzzle more accessible."
mcar
(42,334 posts)I still win some, lose some.
Srkdqltr
(6,297 posts)There are charts of what letters come up more often. Just clear your mind and don't overthink. And start with a word with at least 3 vowels. Patio works and ratio. Anything with vowels.
TxGuitar
(4,198 posts)And agree, it doesn't seem any easier or harder, about the same.
Sympthsical
(9,074 posts)"How do so many of you mfers not know what caulk is?!
Cracked me up.
My feed lets me know when the country is having a bad Wordle day.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)I havent lost yet since Ive been playing.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)I have a harder time figuring out the word. Now I think I'm just getting tired of the game.
zuul
(14,627 posts)Pretty stupid argument.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)I first try to do it without resorting to an online assist, then more often than not (but not MORE more often) do just that before I run out of chances.
I think if we'd thought of it we could have predicted this. The "spiritus mundi" of our times.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)Cynic
mnhtnbb
(31,392 posts)letters that it would only put in one until the first double letter word I did in the last week or so, unless you tried a word with double letters.
Poiuyt
(18,125 posts)I got 4 green letters right away, but then guessed STILL, SPILL, and SKILL. My second loss in 33 tries.
melm00se
(4,993 posts)a little understanding of frequency analysis and English language linguistics comes in handy.
Words like "caulk" are a challenge because 3 of the letters are in the bottom half of the frequency and the "LK" bigram is not overly common, in fact is arguably rare. The other bigrams are slightly more common.
(learned all this jargon and gobbledygook from a thesis on cryptography)
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)Tacit isn't a weird or unusual word to me, but people are all over social media saying it's a word no one ever uses. I do! I even said it to my cat the other day. lol
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)I've found all the words to be common. A lot depends on what words you use initially I think or where your brain is at.
Edit to add: So how did your cat respond?
melm00se
(4,993 posts)your sentiments.
sl8
(13,787 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,392 posts)I had used scone first. No o or e, so I wanted a word with a and i and the c in a different spot, and I thought of tacit. Blew me away when it went all green in 2 tries off only one correct letter--a consonant--on the first try.
zuul
(14,627 posts)and I've played about 40 games so far.
The most common Wordle letters are I - R - O - N.
I usuallly start with the word MINOR.
Srkdqltr
(6,297 posts)Keep it simple stupid.
melm00se
(4,993 posts)with only 6 guesses and 158,390 possible words
You need some strategy and strategies have a intelligent basis.
Liberal In Texas
(13,556 posts)Wordle 2 is much more difficult. 6 letters.
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)Quite a few folks didn't even know yesterday's word, but it's not a weird word for me anyway.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)If it's harder then I am a genius.
dsc
(52,162 posts)and got it in four both times. I am mediocre at best and word games so I find it hard to believe it is harder.
tavernier
(12,392 posts)Two most used vowels and three very often used consonants. I almost got it in two today. It was a matter of eenie meenie miny mo.
Deminpenn
(15,286 posts)was hard because it starts with the rare vowel "u".
I find it a fun game because there's an element of vocabulary, Jumble, Scrabble and logic.