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    Default Re: Fun, Free Word Puzzle

    BOOM!

    Wordle 209 2/6

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chip View Post
    Saw a write-up in The Guardian on another word game: Absurdle.

    It's a take-off with the target word re-shuffled according to your guesses (unlimited), i.e. the software is your opponent.

    My first go took 8 rows to get a winner.

    https://qntm.org/wordle

    Click on the yellow word Absurdle to bring up the game.
    I got Absurdle in 7

    Sent from my SM-G991U using Tapatalk
    M: I came here for a good argument.
    A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
    M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
    A: It can be.
    M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
    A: No it isn't.
    M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
    A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
    M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
    A: Yes it is!
    M: No it isn't!

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    With Absurdle, I think it always leads to the same answer if you use the same guesses. I used the same first 4 words and it lead to the same correct 5th guess.

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    M: I came here for a good argument.
    A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
    M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
    A: It can be.
    M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
    A: No it isn't.
    M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
    A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
    M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
    A: Yes it is!
    M: No it isn't!

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    Wordle 210 2/6

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    Finally one of my regular letter eliminator guess words came up!

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    Default Re: Fun, Free Word Puzzle

    I've been using the same word—all high-frequency letters—as a starter. Seems to work fairly well.


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    Wordle 211 4/6

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    One more than it really should have been today. Slow brain Sunday.

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    I got today in 3.

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    M: I came here for a good argument.
    A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
    M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
    A: It can be.
    M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
    A: No it isn't.
    M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
    A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
    M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
    A: Yes it is!
    M: No it isn't!

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    I got today's word in three, but I'm not familiar with the word.

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    M: I came here for a good argument.
    A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
    M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
    A: It can be.
    M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
    A: No it isn't.
    M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
    A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
    M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
    A: Yes it is!
    M: No it isn't!

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    Wordle 212 3/6

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    That's more like it.

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    Got the 18th one in 5

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    M: I came here for a good argument.
    A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
    M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
    A: It can be.
    M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
    A: No it isn't.
    M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
    A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
    M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
    A: Yes it is!
    M: No it isn't!

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    lucky 2nd guess for me

    Wordle 213 3/6

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    In 4 on the 19th.
    Thanks, @Chip. I'm enjoying this brief daily diversion.

    Sent from my SM-G991U using Tapatalk
    M: I came here for a good argument.
    A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
    M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
    A: It can be.
    M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
    A: No it isn't.
    M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
    A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
    M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
    A: Yes it is!
    M: No it isn't!

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    Well that's a first for me!

    Wordle 214 2/6

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lloyd View Post
    With Absurdle, I think it always leads to the same answer if you use the same guesses.
    Right-O! Unlike Wordle, it doesn't reset with a new target word each day, but follows the same process of elimination based on your choices. So, to play a new game, you have to start with a different guess and go from there.

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    Well today's amused me at least!

    Wordle 216 3/6

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lloyd View Post
    In 4 on the 19th.
    Thanks, @Chip. I'm enjoying this brief daily diversion.
    It's not brief for everyone. But I nailed my first hit on row 2.





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    Last edited by Chip; January 23rd, 2022 at 04:38 PM.

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    Took all 6 to get it. (Jan 22)

    Sent from my SM-G991U using Tapatalk
    M: I came here for a good argument.
    A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
    M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
    A: It can be.
    M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
    A: No it isn't.
    M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
    A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
    M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
    A: Yes it is!
    M: No it isn't!

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    Thanks for posting this. I have played the last 2 days and I now have a new addition to my morning routine. I'm 2 for 2 so far. First one took all 6 guesses and today only took 5.

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip View Post
    Being a fan of word games (the NY Times Spelling Bee and crossword every morning with my first coffee) I was glad to find a new word puzzle.

    Wordle starts with a blank 5 x 6 grid and a keyboard. You fill in letters one row at a time, trying to get a certain word.

    It helps to know the frequency of occurrence for letters in English: ETAOIN SHRDLU. Linotype machines had these letters in two rows of 6, in their approximate order of frequency in the English language. Typesetters would test their machines by running their fingers down the rows, or use the letters to indicate an error in the typesetting, and occasionally would forget to remove them from the finished piece.

    It also helps to know the common arrangements (th, qu, ing, ed, ea, etc.)

    A fresh puzzle posts every day.

    https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/

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    I got Monday's in 5, but I found it hard.

    Sent from my SM-G991U using Tapatalk
    M: I came here for a good argument.
    A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
    M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
    A: It can be.
    M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
    A: No it isn't.
    M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
    A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
    M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
    A: Yes it is!
    M: No it isn't!

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    Yesterday in 4, today (26th) in 5.

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    M: I came here for a good argument.
    A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
    M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
    A: It can be.
    M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
    A: No it isn't.
    M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
    A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
    M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
    A: Yes it is!
    M: No it isn't!

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