Introducing WordleBot, the Upshot's Daily Wordle Companion

[Celerity]

It will tell you how skillful or lucky you were, and it could help improve your results.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/upshot/wordle-bot-introduction.html



What is it?

WordleBot is a tool that will take your completed Wordle and analyze it for you. It will give you overall scores for luck and skill on a scale from 0 to 99 and tell you at each turn what, if anything, you could have done differently — if solving Wordles in as few steps as possible is your goal.

How do I use it?

It’s very easy. First, play Wordle. Then visit the Wordle Companion, ideally using the same device and web browser.

How does it work (short version please)?

Every Wordle game starts with one of 2,309 possible solutions as the hidden word. At each turn, WordleBot chooses the word that will allow it to solve the game in as few steps as possible, assuming any of the remaining solutions are equally likely. It keeps doing this until only one solution remains — the right answer.

Why did you make it?

Months ago, before The New York Times bought Wordle, we, like many others, began wondering about the best starting word. It seemed like a straightforward mathematical question — yet every person who approached the problem seemed to come up with a different answer.

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[KarenS]

1. I saw this yesterday,,,,

lots of good & fun info in it!!
Thank you for sharing it.

[Celerity]

2. going though my Gmail inbox, figured it was due for a cleaning, lol

[intrepidity]

3. How does one use it?

Where do you "visit the Wordle companion"?

ETA: nm, here it is

https://t.co/atnY7um8cN

[Celerity]

4. link + 2 other vids on Wordle

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/upshot/wordle-bot.html

[intrepidity]

5. Funny, I started watching those vids the other day

I lost interest when I saw he wasn't using "hard" mode in his strategy, though--which is fine, but not how I play.

I wonder if the bot considers that?