Wordle in a Minute 15th September 2024

The elegiac music sometimes brings us down becauyse of what it might mean ...

[Anne_Mahoney]

When I see a non-short Wordle I immediately fear for Mark's streak -- what a surprise that he not only got this one, but managed it in 3 guesses in the end! Well done. 😸

[andymerrett]

There's something weirdly encouraging that Mark struggles sometimes to come up with words :)

[roiporat]

Mark’s opening word sequence currently:

ABODE BOTHY CROFT DONGA GUNDY HOUSE

Theme: 5-letter words for various types of houses, in alphabetical order

IGLOO seems likely to be next

[HaldaneSmith]

The Shrinking Wordle-verse

Words left after House - 64
After Tubed - 5 (Femur, Lemur, Rerun, Recur, Ennui)
After Recur - 0

Skill: 88/99
Luck: 61/99

Data is from Wordlebot.

[emilywilliams]

This one took me forever. I love your thought process, Mark, I think it has made me better at this!

[Mark]

I only did it yesterday and I still struggled... Great effort!

[Moolers]

I don't think we've had a video this long for a 3 before.

[HaldaneSmith]

Wordle by the Numbers - Recur
Standard mode failure rate: 4.6%
Standard mode average guesses: 4.1
Hard mode failure rate: 1.5%
Hard mode average guesses: 4.0

Standard / Hard
09/15/2024 Recur 4.6% 4.1 / 1.5% 4.0
09/14/2024 Broad 0.8% 3.5 / <1% 3.5
09/13/2024 Harsh 1.9% 3.9 / <1% 3.7
09/12/2024 Brass 9.0% 4.2 / 4.7% 4.1
09/11/2024 Aisle 1.6% 3.3 / 0.9% 3.4
09/10/2024 Rebel 3.5% 4.2 / 1.7% 4.1
09/09/2024 Debit 1.9% 3.9 / 0.6% 3.8

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

Me: tal(e)s > (cr)on(e) > RECUR
Hard-mode streak: 38

Data is from Wordlebot.

[MaxYT]

4 guesses for me on this one.
Slack -> Crown -> Decry -> Recur

[blcmd]

HOUSE-QUEEN-DEMUR-RECUR. Next up, I’m going with IGLOO as the starting word.

[KeiFlox]

May hae been a long one, but it was another 3 and that's great :)

[poppymcdermott]

'The TUBED HOUSE RECUR(red) today.'

[ZorlockDarksoul]

CRASH -> FORCE -> RECUT -> RECUR

As is often the case, I considered using RECUR third, but I wanted to squeeze more letters in. And as is often the case, I was punished. Shoulda trusted my gut.

[castelodeossos]

Because of lucky second guess, did it faster than the master:
AROSE
FEVER
RECUR

[davgregeric]

Mark playing at my usual speed today lol.

[TinkerTailor]

Having two greens early on really stymied me. Thought sure Femur was going to be the word but, alas, no. Could not get my head cut in and lost my streak.

[TwotoTenth]

SPOIL - TAMER - RECUR. There may have been another option left after TAMER but I couldn't think of anything.

[cbthesurvivor]

I really thought it was UNDER after the first guess, but then his second guess removed the D and I was lost

[Railbird_]

The E not going 4th or 5th led me to believe there had to be another vowel and with only the U left this ended up being fairly easy.
SPANG - DRIVE - HOMER - RECUR

[michaelpdawson]

Better than I did, starting with all gray, then three yellows: SATIN > LURCH > CRUMB > OCCUR > RECUR