Wordle in a Minute - 6th September 2024

Another day when we might fire six shots, but hope it's only five ...

[roiporat]

Mark’s opening word sequence currently:

SHOTS TRUTH TRACK BEING WORLD WOULD CLEAN GOTTA

Theme: Harry Callaghan’s famous “.44 magnum” speech from the 1971 film “Dirty Harry”

(whoops, missed one yesterday)

"Do I feel LUCKY?" Well, do ya, punk?

[HaldaneSmith]

The Shrinking Wordle-verse

Words left after Gotta - 732
After Prime - 57
After Ruler - 1 (Rerun)
After Recur - 1
After Rerun - 0

Skill: 70/99
Luck: 38/99

Data is from Wordlebot.

[poppymcdermott]

The RULER, in his PRIME, RECUR(red) that he has GOTTA RERUN.

[emilywilliams]

I sometimes inadvertently use a yellow letter twice in the same position- and I am not trying to get it in a minute! You need not apologize, Mark. Thanks, as always, for the video.

[johndaily]

My memory is so bad that not only do I not remember the previous day’s word, sometimes like today when Mark finishes I say to myself I must have had a *different* word yesterday.

[HaldaneSmith]

Wordle by the Numbers - Rerun
Standard mode failure rate: 4.6%
Standard mode average guesses: 4.1
Hard mode failure rate: 1.5%
Hard mode average guesses: 4.1

Standard / Hard
09/06/2024 Rerun 4.6% 4.1 / 1.5% 4.1
09/05/2024 Widen 1.9% 4.0 / 0.5% 3.8
09/04/2024 Stern 0.7% 3.2 / <1% 3.1
09/03/2024 Faint 1.6% 3.9 / 0.8% 3.9
09/02/2024 Camel 2.3% 3.8 / 1.4% 3.9
09/01/2024 Mushy 5.7% 4.4 / 3.6% 4.2
08/31/2024 Spout 1.3% 3.7 / 0.7% 3.5

<1% probably means <0.5%. Wordlebot uses <1% for small values, but it also uses values of 0.5% to 0.9%.

Me: tal(e)s > d(r)o(ne) > (n)Eve(r) > lEa(r)N > RERUN
Hard-mode streak: 29

Data is from Wordlebot.

[RocksterOO]

I love it when a throwaway turns out to be right:
A L I E N
R E R U N

[MurdogYT]

Oh man. The wordle for today (Sept. 7) really had me in a doozy.

[ZorlockDarksoul]

CRASH -> GIRLY -> FORTE -> RERUN

I considered RERUN for guess three, but I tried to fit more letters in instead. Ah well.

[gavindeane]

I felt pushed into repeating letters in my guesses with this one too. But got it in four.

STORE MINER PREEN RERUN

[Railbird_]

Tricky one with the double R
SPOIL - HANDY - TRUNK - RERUN

[jon]

I went all green. Metal>Resin>Recon>Rerun

[EvanSawyer]

Stare > Loner > Reign > Rerun

Rerun was devious. Luckily I couldn't think of anything else after Reign.

[jinkela]

my 1st attempt gave me 4 yellows, and got in in 3

[MaxYT]

5 guesses for me
Chips -> Flame -> Entry -> Owner -> Rerun

[MarionFerris]

My steak of 3's this week finished with this one. Shouldn't complain with a solve in 4, though.
CAUSE
QUIET
DEMUR
RERUN

[Skyfaill]

Also used Ruler but as my second guess. Also thought it would be a rather bad guess but thanks to it I got it in 3.

[smylesg]

Not sure if it would be harder than hard mode for it to prevent you from placing letters in spots you should know they can't be, along with only using letters you've revealed.

[marcograzioli]

Guessed in 5:

Spine - Envoy - Tench - Redan - Rerun

[castelodeossos]

Ha ha, got it in three:
AROSE
RIPEN
RERUN