In a typical lazy Sunday, I usually end up juggling too many tasks, but today's challenge is Wordle, where I need to solve the five-letter word within six attempts or fewer. My group of friends has scheduled our weekly game night, and we're all excited to play Dungeons & Dragons together.
As it happens, there's also a bonus custom Wordle waiting for us. The first thing I noticed was that this custom Wordle is 6 letters long, with the clue "Riddle me this." We now need to figure out what word it could be.
Now let's move on to how we can solve today's regular Wordle. In this game, we start with a blank slate and use feedback after each guess to narrow down our options. The green color indicates that a letter is in the correct position, while yellow means the letter appears in the word but not where it was guessed; gray signifies that the letter doesn't appear anywhere.
The Wordle Bot has released its starting word for today's challenge: SLATE. I chose STARE as my first guess and got unlucky since only one of those letters appeared. As a result, we have 249 words remaining, with a single yellow "E" to work with.
I made another attempt using YIELD and was rewarded with four green boxes, narrowing down our options to FIELD and WIELD. In the end, my choices didn't pay off, so I'm left with -1 points for losing the Wordle Bot.
Competitive Wordling involves scoring points based on how long it takes you to solve the puzzle, but the twist here is that losing makes you score fewer points than your opponent. To calculate our scores, we can use a simple formula: 3 points for guessing in one attempt, 2 points for guessing in two attempts, and so on.
In this latest match, I scored -1 point due to my failure, while the Wordle Bot earned 0 points for solving it quickly. Our overall standings see Erik with 10 points and the Wordle Bot with 4 points, although our November totals are still being tallied up.
For those who want to learn more about Competitive Wordling or other games like Frase, Pinpoint, Queens, Crossclimb, you can find more information on this blog.
As it happens, there's also a bonus custom Wordle waiting for us. The first thing I noticed was that this custom Wordle is 6 letters long, with the clue "Riddle me this." We now need to figure out what word it could be.
Now let's move on to how we can solve today's regular Wordle. In this game, we start with a blank slate and use feedback after each guess to narrow down our options. The green color indicates that a letter is in the correct position, while yellow means the letter appears in the word but not where it was guessed; gray signifies that the letter doesn't appear anywhere.
The Wordle Bot has released its starting word for today's challenge: SLATE. I chose STARE as my first guess and got unlucky since only one of those letters appeared. As a result, we have 249 words remaining, with a single yellow "E" to work with.
I made another attempt using YIELD and was rewarded with four green boxes, narrowing down our options to FIELD and WIELD. In the end, my choices didn't pay off, so I'm left with -1 points for losing the Wordle Bot.
Competitive Wordling involves scoring points based on how long it takes you to solve the puzzle, but the twist here is that losing makes you score fewer points than your opponent. To calculate our scores, we can use a simple formula: 3 points for guessing in one attempt, 2 points for guessing in two attempts, and so on.
In this latest match, I scored -1 point due to my failure, while the Wordle Bot earned 0 points for solving it quickly. Our overall standings see Erik with 10 points and the Wordle Bot with 4 points, although our November totals are still being tallied up.
For those who want to learn more about Competitive Wordling or other games like Frase, Pinpoint, Queens, Crossclimb, you can find more information on this blog.
. And don't even get me started on the scoring system... it's all about encouraging people to take forever to solve it instead of actually being good at Wordle 
. I'm all for some friendly competition, but not when it means losing points just because you're bad at it 
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I think it's kinda weird that in a game where you're trying to solve words, there's this whole competitive element with scoring points. Like, isn't the goal just to figure out what word is? 
On the other hand, it does add an extra layer of excitement and challenge, I guess. I mean, who doesn't love a good puzzle? 
And I'm curious, how do you guys keep track of all these different games and their rules? It's like, there's Wordle, Frase, Pinpoint... 
Do people really have time to learn them all? 
. Can't we just play for fun anymore? I mean, what's the point of scoring points and competing against each other if we're not even going to be good at it? 
. And don't even get me started on the Wordle Bot - it's like they're mocking us with their superior solving skills 
they're so addictive! I've been playing with my squad and we're all about competing with each other to see who can solve it first. the new custom Wordle game is such a great twist - i love how you guys have to figure out the clue "riddle me this" alongside the 6 letter word. the color coding system for gray, yellow, and green is so intuitive too 
it adds a fun competitive element to the game that keeps us on our toes. the Wordle Bot is giving Erik a run for his money though - he's got 10 points already! 
i tried like 5 times and couldn't even get one letter right 
gotta keep trying tho lol
, but also super stressful 
with all these games I wanna play 
. Wordle's so much fun, tho 
, and now there's this custom one that's got me stumped 
. The clue "Riddle me this" is giving me major Sherlock vibes 
, but I still can't crack it 
, even if I didn't win this time 
. The Wordle Bot's always so speedy 
, it makes me wanna improve my skills 
and see if I can beat the bot 
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It's just a game, after all.
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. And what's with the penalty for losing? Shouldn't the goal be to have fun, right? I guess it all depends on how competitive you want to get 
. And omg, I need to know how my friends and I are going to crush it with Dungeons & Dragons tonight 
. The bonus custom Wordle adds an extra layer of excitement, and I love that it's challenging you to figure out the 6-letter word "Riddle me this" 
. the thing is, i get distracted like a gazillion times while trying to solve it, lol. i mean, have you ever tried to do a puzzle with your cat on your lap? 
it's super hard to focus! anywayz, competitive wordling sounds kinda cool, but i'm more of a casual gamer 
i swear i had 4 green boxes and then they just disappeared in thin air 
can't we just have a simple win/lose thing like normal games?! 
. We just used to guess a word and if we were right, we won! 