Have you been Wordle-ing (no spoilers please)

[Specialeyes]

Wordle 205 3/6

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[Sharky]

That had me stumped for a while
Wordle 205 5/6

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[davelincs]

I’ve just tried this game, it looks very good

 

[PaulSB]

Four moves. How are people posting the coloured squares without revealing the answer?

It's a fun little game though the secret to cracking it quickly soon becomes obvious. I was under three minutes this morning.

 

[winjim]

Wordle 205 5/6

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[PaulSB]

Wordle 205 4/6*

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Ah, that's it!!!

 

[Mo1959]

4 today after a slow start

 

[lazybloke]

4 Yesterday. 5 today.

Four moves. How are people posting the coloured squares without revealing the answer?

It's a fun little game though the secret to cracking it quickly soon becomes obvious. I was under three minutes this morning.

What secret?

 

[PaulSB]

4 Yesterday. 5 today.


What secret?

I don't want to spoil the fun for people so if you wish I'll message you the full explanation. The answer isn't in the spoiler but a broad hint is.

Spoiler: A basic clue

Basically this is a process of identifying/eliminating letters and then spotting a pattern. The first line is an outright guess but there is a way to significantly improve the odds that guess will reveal/eliminate letters.

I hope I'm not sounding a clever dick but I have an odd ability to see anagrams, letter patterns etc. almost immediately. It took me one attempt to spot the hack.

 

[PaulSB]

To give an example I like to do the Guardian Word Wheel on a Saturday. This weekend the letters were OUNHUPIEM. I simply looked at it, no thought process, and saw euphonium. I can't explain it, I can just do it.

 

[Tenkaykev]

To give an example I like to do the Guardian Word Wheel on a Saturday. This weekend the letters were OUNHUPIEM. I simply looked at it, no thought process, and saw euphonium. I can't explain it, I can just do it.

It's strange, Mrs Tenkaykev like to do the Saturday cryptic in the "i" newspaper. I glanced across the table and was looking at an upside down partially completed word and saw it immediately without the clue. I think the fact that the letters are jumbled up in a wheel make it more difficult, if I write the letters down in a line it becomes easier to solve. ( and on a slightly related topic, we don't read sequentially right to left, our eyes are constantly scanning different parts of a sentence as well as the lines around the one we are reading )🤔

 

[Cirrus]

Better today.... 3rd attempt

 

[PaulSB]

It's strange, Mrs Tenkaykev like to do the Saturday cryptic in the "i" newspaper. I glanced across the table and was looking at an upside down partially completed word and saw it immediately without the clue. I think the fact that the letters are jumbled up in a wheel make it more difficult, if I write the letters down in a line it becomes easier to solve. ( and on a slightly related topic, we don't read sequentially right to left, our eyes are constantly scanning different parts of a sentence as well as the lines around the one we are reading )🤔

It's a strange one. For a crossword anagram I will initially write the letters in a circle which I learned from my mother. If this doesn't give the answer quickly I will then write a line of dashes of the same number of letters and visualise the letters in certain spots. For me I either get the answer very fast or I have to sweat it! It's strange.

OUNHUPIEM is very simple. I think my brain processes it like this. In a long word there is a very strong chance the PH will be together. We have two Us and an I and E. It's almost a certainty there will be a combination of EU, UE, UI and IU, those are limited and by adding the M it simply has to be IUM. With five out of nine identified the solution is clear.

 

[T4tomo]

Wordle 205 5/6

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[Dogtrousers]

Does everyone have the same word? Or are they random? I just got one in 4 but I won't say what it is in case of spoilers