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In reply to the discussion: WordleBot is stupid. [View all]

dgauss

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4. Damn, now I'm thinking about this more.
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 08:44 PM
Nov 12

Ok, let's say you pick a word with your first pick and there are still 100 possibilities.

For your second pick, you could come up with a word that leaves the fewest remaining possibilities. Maybe you come up with the perfect word and after that there are only 5 other possibilities. All other second guesses (other then the actual answer) would still leave more than 5 possibilities. That would be considered skill, or efficiency, you've narrowed it down as much as possible.

But, given what the actual answer is, maybe you don't hit that most efficient answer, and you just happen to hit the second word that leaves only one possibility, that should be considered luck.

That's happened a few times when I've played. I understand that wasn't skill but luck, and yet I see a luck score of something in the 60's or 70's.

Doesn't make sense. If not skill, at least give me credit for luck.

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