News Today's Wordle answer — solution #245, Saturday, February 19

[PLD UK]

Need to proof read the clues again .
"No repeated letters"???
H***H....

 

[Kalipson]

There is no yellow E in Stare for March 27th.

We couldn't agree more. Same thing.

 

[Jenjones2855]

Tom don’t you know by now wordle answers will never be PLURAL??!!??!!
you waste guesses with plurals!!!

 

[PLD UK]

Sat 29/6:
No mention again of original writer Marc McLaren favourite starter, and mine and still 3rd most popular overall according to the Bot...
Today STARE left only two options OPERA or ZEBRA. And of course I tried the wrong one first...

 

[Glenorcarp]

Your clues are a bit off. the clue on July 5th was for the 4th.

 

[GrungeFace]

Today's Wordle is a reminder to not follow this guy's advice on how to play, and just stop reading after the hints.

It's stupid to start with the same word, day after day. You're at a disadvantage from the get-go.

Using letters based on popularity is also dumb, because how'd that work out for you today?

Mix it up. Be as random as the game can be, because if you pigeonhole yourself with a single word because of flawed 'popularity' logic, eventually you'll fail. Just like this guy today.

 

[mcmn]

Today's Wordle is a reminder to not follow this guy's advice on how to play, and just stop reading after the hints.

It's stupid to start with the same word, day after day. You're at a disadvantage from the get-go.

Using letters based on popularity is also dumb, because how'd that work out for you today?

Mix it up. Be as random as the game can be, because if you pigeonhole yourself with a single word because of flawed 'popularity' logic, eventually you'll fail. Just like this guy today.

Instead of relying on hints to help you solve it, try relying just on your brain. It's more challenging that way. And also, when he occasionally makes a mistake with the hints, it won't affect your guesses if you don't view the hints first.

Using the same start word every day is boring, but most of the answers have at least one of the five most common letters in it so it's not a bad strategy most of the time to start with orate.

Other people have bashed him for guessing plural words since plurals are never the correct word. He KNOWS plurals are never the answer but it's a chance to guess more letters to narrow down the possibilities.

Alan, I think you mentioned some time ago that you no longer play in hard mode but do you play AS IF you're still playing in hard mode? If not, then sometimes it would be better to play a word that doesn't contain known letters, to narrow it down more. In today's game, after confirming a green I and Y, you could have played a word like FOLDS next to see if the F, L or D would turn green or yellow. In today's game, that would have left you with just the correct answer for your fifth guess.

 

[PLD UK]

Today's Wordle is a reminder to not follow this guy's advice on how to play, and just stop reading after the hints.

It's stupid to start with the same word, day after day. You're at a disadvantage from the get-go.

You have your opinion and preferred strategy which, you are entitled to and I respect, but in return please respect others' opinions equally rather than throwing emotive insults.
Also, while you are critical of others strategy you don't give us evidence of yours being superior - If you post a screenshot of your game, it would get you more support.

 

[StellaB]

July 21 Starting word PIANO. Scored a P. Next guess SPECK. Won the game. I have a 96% win rate on the Wordle unlimited practice game, and I never used the same word to start each time (that is no fun, for one thing.). Also I sometimes guess a word I KNOW is incorrect if I need to verify placement of a difficult letter. Works for me.

 

[PLD UK]

July 21 Starting word PIANO. Scored a P. Next guess SPECK. Won the game. I have a 96% win rate on the Wordle unlimited practice game, and I never used the same word to start each time (that is no fun, for one thing.). Also I sometimes guess a word I KNOW is incorrect if I need to verify placement of a difficult letter. Works for me.

Only one loss ever in over 1000 goes on the actual game - >99.9% win rate, always starting with the same word STARE....
That's what works for me, but happy for you, if you're happy with a different tactic

 

[StellaB]

The solution to July 25 begins with a P but isn't PORCH.

 

[PLD UK]

The solution to July 25 begins with a P but isn't PORCH.

My winning answer was... 🤔

 

[PLD UK]

Absolutely true that not every word will contain any of the most common letters, but it is more common that the solution WILL than it won't - the clue is in the title!! It IS more common for the word to include A or E or T than X or Q or Z....

You have said several times that you can do better, so please do demonstrate - write your own column to share your results, but please without resorting to personal insults.

 

[GrungeFace]

Come here for the hints. DON'T come here for smart strategy or logic, because blindly adhering to the 'common letter' idea is really dumb.

It's a rare day when this goober finishes a Wordle in less steps than I do.

 

[StellaB]

It is super lame that you use the same beginning word on every puzzle. BORING! I use a different word every time and they're not always "easy" or "best" words, but I still have a 98% success rate. For example, today I used the word EQUAL and in four guesses got the correct answer which was UDDER. (EQUAL->GUESS->UNDER->UDDER). If you're good at this game you can start with ANY word and get the answer.

 

[PLD UK]

If you're not aware, Marc McLaren - the original writer of this column, now does an equivalent for TechRadar and now uses that tactic of random start words.
https://www.techradar.com/news/wordle-today
Some days the luck is on his side and does well others not so, proving a more challenging and probably more interesting experience, but not consistently 'better' or 'worse'...
Also, a much better writing style talking through his thought process, discussing the word itself (and far fewer errors)
I rarely look at this page these days, had almost forgotten it until I got the notification for your forum post...