Wordle in a Minute - 30th August 2024

Will there be something rotten in the state of #Wordle today?

[ChrisStrub]

Mark could be starting the greatest opening sequence ever: Lil Jon lyrics

SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS

[HaldaneSmith]

The Shrinking Wordle-verse

Words left after Shots - 1044
After Pacer - 53
After Bleak - 3 (Awake, Quake, Knave)
After Quake - 1
After Knave - 0

Skill: 94/99
Luck: 32/99

Shots and Pacer were unlucky guesses where Shots was expected to leave 431 Words, not 1044, and Pacer was expected to leave 33 words rather than 53.

Data is from Wordlebot.

[HaldaneSmith]

Wordle by the Numbers - Knave
Standard mode failure rate: 6.1%
Standard mode average guesses: 4.0
Hard mode failure rate: 2.3%
Hard mode average guesses: 4.0

Toughest Wordle in 18 days, since Skiff with a standard-mode failure rate of 8.0%.

Standard / Hard
08/30/2024 Knave 6.1% 4.0 / 2.3% 4.0
08/29/2024 Flunk 1.7% 4.1 / 0.6% 4.0
08/28/2024 Lithe 2.4% 3.7 / 0.9% 3.5
08/27/2024 Crown 2.5% 3.6 / 1.7% 3.8
08/26/2024 Stake 4.2% 3.8 / 3.0% 3.8
08/25/2024 Skate 1.0% 3.5 / <1% 3.3
08/24/2024 Filet 1.5% 3.9 / 0.6% 3.7

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

Me: t(a)l(e)s > crA(n)E > iNAnE > KNAVE
Hard-mode streak: 22

Data is from Wordlebot.

[emilywilliams]

I always love these. It took me many minutes to remember that the initial K could be a silent one. Thanks, Mark.

[roiporat]

Mark’s opening word sequence currently:

SHOTS

Theme: ???

The description for this video has “something rotten” which implies a Hamlet-related sequence, but I couldn’t figure out how SHOTS relates to it

[lroke]

I assumed the second attempt would be FIRED.

[gavindeane]

Bit of an awkward one with those letters. According to the Wordle Bot I had some lucky effective guesses. After STORE then PLANE (standard second guess with just a green E), apparently KNAVE was the only possibility in Wordle's dictionary. Nice when it works out like that 🙂

[TinkerTailor]

First time in about two and a half years of daily play I was not able to complete.😟

[jon]

This was a tough 5. I was staring at it for a couple of minutes trying to find two connecting letters for the start. Whelp>Stare>Amaze>Quake>Knave

[fakjbf]

Crate > Shape > Blame > Evade > Weave > Agave, goodbye my highest streak of 155.

[ZorlockDarksoul]

CRASH -> FLAME -> QUAKE -> KNAVE

I, too, thought QUAKE had a decent shot at being right. Took me a moment more to spot KNAVE after that.

[WaterCrane]

Probably been watching too many police videos, but I was expecting your second word to be FIRED!

[jvx]

Very nicely done, Mark!! 🎉
I got it in 5, after trying AGAVE. I wanted it to be agave just for the tropical-ness... :D

[MaxYT]

4 guesses for me.
Lunge -> Niche -> Atone -> Knave

[MarionFerris]

I got really lucky with my 2nd word!
RELIC
SUAVE
KNAVE 🎉

[EvanSawyer]

Stare > Blade > Amaze > Quake > Knave

Tough one, I was torn between Amaze and Agave for 3rd.
If i had gone Agave I might’ve hit Knave in 4.

[Railbird_]

A four for me.
PATCH - LEARN - SNAKE - KNAVE

[blcmd]

TROPE-SHAVE-QUAKE-KNAVE. We don’t yet know the new sequence, but perhaps FIRED would come after “shots”, so I’ll go with that as the next starting word.

[SirExal]

MARVEL CHARACTERS BONUS ROUND DAY 113
BLAZE-THANE-SNAKE-KNAVE

[tracymiller]

Not a fan of the opening word SHOTS, with just one vowel and repeated consonants.