RetiredAndLovingIt
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Wordle 253 4/6
"V" is a rare letter, so isn't in my 3, or even 4 word starting set. Compound that with being doubled and it's a challenge. My starting words cover the vowels, so I could be pretty sure it was a repeated "I". And I was inclined in that situation to presume a repeat "D", but *idid and di*id didn't work.So time has passed and I want to briefly mention Fri and Sat's puzzles. In my opinion, both were difficult because both:
- Used "I" as the only vowel
- Had duplicate letters. In the case of "vivid", two duplicates, including the scrabble-rare "v" doubled up.
Tough stuff, man!
30.5% of the guesses list are words ending in "s" and quick inspection shows myriad plurals. The answers file, shows only 1.5% words ending in "s", and quick inspection shows no plurals.Yes, I just looked at every answer back to Jun 19, 2021 and while there have been words ending in βsβ, none are simple plurals of a 4-letter word. Of course NYT could change that (though not so far).Do you think that Wordl avoids nouns ending in "S" like BIRDS? Have you ever seen an instance of this?
I suspect this can be eliminated from consideration but a web search does not answer my question.
I would not have my streak of 42 if I gave myself a time limit, or if I played in "hard mode".In wordle, I'm not concerned about my number of guesses. When you have __ONE, and it could be either CLONE or CRONE, that's not skill - it's a coin toss.
Instead, I set a time limit (something I do with all puzzles). If I can't get the word in less than 3 minutes, I've "lost."
I would not have my streak of 42 if I gave myself a time limit, or if I played in "hard mode".
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I'm amused by their texts that my 5 day streak is in jeopardy if I don't immediately do a lesson.