The Missus and I recently discovered Wordle. For the three people in the world not familiar with Wordle, I will elaborate: Wordle is an on-line game provided daily for free (yay!) By the New York Times (boo!). In this game, you are given six attempts to guess a five letter word. Proper names are not allowed but sometimes slang is. The game keeps track of how many times you guess the word correctly (winning streak) and how long the previous streak was (in my case, 23).
It is interesting to see how the end goal (maximize the streak) is approached by the two of us. The Missus, being very competitive, has a main goal (the winning streak) and a secondary goal (correct guess in as few guesses as possible). Me on the other hand, being both a grouch and risk adverse, wants to not lose. To me, a correct guess, even in six tries, is a win. And a win is a win at the end of the day. I will use chances to find and exlude letters even if it means using words thst I know aren't correct.
Whose strategy is best? I would like to say mine, but she has longer winning streaks. Maybe she's just smarter than I. I do come up with some pretty obscure albeit not correct word guesses. That must count for something!
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