On Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 12:49:45 PM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 8:16:56 AM UTC-5, Johnny RSFCootball wrote:
> > On Monday, February 21, 2022 at 4:22:38 PM UTC-6, Eric Ramon wrote:
> > > On Monday, February 21, 2022 at 1:22:16 PM UTC-8, xyzzy wrote:
> > > > Johnny RSFCootball <1jay1mi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 6:10:03 PM UTC-6, xyzzy wrote:
> > > > >> Eric Ramon <ramon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >>> On Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 8:15:32 AM UTC-8, xyzzy wrote:
> > > > >>>> xyzzy <xyzzy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >>>>> Johnny RSFCootball <1jay1mi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >>>>>> On Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 12:14:29 PM UTC-6, Eric Ramon wrote:
> > > > >>>>>> On Friday, February 18, 2022 at 5:25:46 AM UTC-8, Johnny RSFCootball wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>> On Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 9:40:36 PM UTC-6, xyzzy wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>> It’s too much for me. But fun for my wife and I to do together! (I think
> > > > >>>>>>>> this means we’re old)
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> Daily Quordle #24
> > > > >>>>>>>> 4️⃣5️⃣
> > > > >>>>>>>> 6️⃣8️⃣
> > > > >>>>>>>> quordle.com
> > > > >>>>>>>> ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
> > > > >>>>>>>> ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>>>> 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>>>> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>>>> ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>>>> ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
> > > > >>>>>>>> ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜
> > > > >>>>>>>> ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜
> > > > >>>>>>>> ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>>>> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
> > > > >>>>>>>> ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
> > > > >>>>>>>> ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> --
> > > > >>>>>>>> “I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian,
> > > > >>>>>>>> liberal personality.” — Altie
> > > > >>>>>>> I played around with this in practice mode yesterday. My best strategy
> > > > >>>>>>> was to have my first three guesses use 15 distinct letters including the
> > > > >>>>>>> vowels, the letter y, and many of the most common consonants. After that
> > > > >>>>>>> I usually could start picking off the words one by one.
> > > > >>>>>>> Daily Quordle #25
> > > > >>>>>>> 5️⃣8️⃣
> > > > >>>>>>> 7️⃣6️⃣
> > > > >>>>>>> quordle.com
> > > > >>>>>>> ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>>> ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
> > > > >>>>>>> ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>>> 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>>> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
> > > > >>>>>>> ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>>> ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>>> ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> > > > >>>>>>> ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
> > > > >>>>>>> ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>>> ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
> > > > >>>>>>> ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
> > > > >>>>>>> ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
> > > > >>>>>>> ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> > > > >>>>>>> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
> > > > >>>>>> at least I didn't lose
> > > > >>>>>> Daily Quordle #26
> > > > >>>>>> 7️⃣8️⃣
> > > > >>>>>> 6️⃣4️⃣
> > > > >>>>>> quordle.com
> > > > >>>>>> 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>> 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨
> > > > >>>>>> ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>> ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>> ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>> ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
> > > > >>>>>> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>> ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> > > > >>>>>> ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨
> > > > >>>>>> ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
> > > > >>>>>> 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
> > > > >>>>>> 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> > > > >>>>>> ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
> > > > >>>>>> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> I’ve been addicted to quortle practice mode the
> > > > >>>>>> past couple days, and 8 seems like it should be
> > > > >>>>>> considered a par score, like 4 in regular Wordle.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>> Yeah practice mode is the hook that sucks you in. After we did the daily my
> > > > >>>> wife and I did three practice puzzles yesterday.
> > > > >>>> --
> > > > >>>> “I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian,
> > > > >>>> liberal personality.” — Altie
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I see my problem. If it takes me 5 to get one of the words then I have 4
> > > > >>> shots at the other 3. So (making up a word) if I guess "brave" and it's
> > > > >>> "brace", there goes my buffer and I *have* to get the other two in the
> > > > >>> next guess and the one after that. Like today, for example. At least
> > > > >>> quordle was nice enough to say "so close!"
> > > > >> Yeah I hear ya. If we get one of the words to that point we’ll abandon that
> > > > >> one for the time being and work on the others, on the theory that the
> > > > >> guesses we make for the others might clear up the ambiguity in that one.
> > > > >> That usually works pretty well for us. But yeah nothing like realizing you
> > > > >> have fewer guesses left than words to go so you know you can’t win it.
> > > > >> --
> > > > >> “I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian,
> > > > >> liberal personality.” — Altie
> > > > >
> > > > > New strategy: start with BRAND, WEIGH, STUMP, FLOCK. Doing it this way,
> > > > > it almost always takes 8 guesses, and sometimes 9. Of course, you get
> > > > > only one more wrong guess after using four starter words, so dont make a
> > > > > sloppy mistake. This isn’t the best way to minimize the number of
> > > > > guesses, but it seems to almost guarantee success.
> > > bah...I got it in 9 but I wanted to do it in 4!!! (as in "I never will")
> > >
> > > Daily Quordle #28
> > > 9️⃣6️⃣
> > > 8️⃣7️⃣
> > > quordle.com
> > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
> > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨
> > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
> > > 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜
> > > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
> > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
> > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
> > > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
> > >
> > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
> > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
> > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
> > > 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
> > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
> > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
> > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> > > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
> > Four starter words with 20 letters —> Win in 8 (sometimes 9)
> >
> > Daily Quordle #29
> > 8️⃣5️⃣
> > 7️⃣6️⃣
> > quordle.com
> > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
> > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜
> > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
> > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
> > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
> > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
> > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
> >
> > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨
> > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
> > ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
> > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
> > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
> > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
> I tried something similar yesterday, although I realized that my 4 starter words only had 19 letters and I had used u twice. Got in 9. Would have been 8 if I had gone with filer instead of flier.
Something similar today, but it led to failure:
Daily Quordle #29
7️⃣6️⃣
🟥8️⃣
quordle.com
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛