The formula used in the form: ((1 x a) + (2 x b) + (3 x c) + (4 x d) + (5 x e) + (6 x f)) /n. Their analysis shows that less than 5% of all players get the word right in 1 or 2 attempts. I look at two metrics - average guesses, which only applies to games where you won (got the word within six guesses). If Im forced to follow my strategy through two words, Ive covered the top 6 consonants and top 4 vowels in the English language. ._1aTW4bdYQHgSZJe7BF2-XV{display:-ms-grid;display:grid;-ms-grid-columns:auto auto 42px;grid-template-columns:auto auto 42px;column-gap:12px}._3b9utyKN3e_kzVZ5ngPqAu,._21RLQh5PvUhC6vOKoFeHUP{font-size:16px;font-weight:500;line-height:20px}._21RLQh5PvUhC6vOKoFeHUP:before{content:"";margin-right:4px;color:#46d160}._22W-auD0n8kTKDVe0vWuyK,._244EzVTQLL3kMNnB03VmxK{display:inline-block;word-break:break-word}._22W-auD0n8kTKDVe0vWuyK{font-weight:500}._22W-auD0n8kTKDVe0vWuyK,._244EzVTQLL3kMNnB03VmxK{font-size:12px;line-height:16px}._244EzVTQLL3kMNnB03VmxK{font-weight:400;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText)}._2xkErp6B3LSS13jtzdNJzO{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin-top:13px;margin-bottom:2px}._2xkErp6B3LSS13jtzdNJzO ._22W-auD0n8kTKDVe0vWuyK{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;line-height:16px;margin-right:4px;margin-left:4px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._2xkErp6B3LSS13jtzdNJzO .je4sRPuSI6UPjZt_xGz8y{border-radius:4px;box-sizing:border-box;height:21px;width:21px}._2xkErp6B3LSS13jtzdNJzO .je4sRPuSI6UPjZt_xGz8y:nth-child(2),._2xkErp6B3LSS13jtzdNJzO .je4sRPuSI6UPjZt_xGz8y:nth-child(3){margin-left:-9px} My guess is that people with significant numbers of second guess hits are either consciously or unconsciously using hints there are enough of them about including one twitter spoilsport I saw who posted the solution for the next days puzzle under the hashtag for todays fortunately I only saw that twitter posting two days later otherwise it would have ruined a days play for me. ._3bX7W3J0lU78fp7cayvNxx{max-width:208px;text-align:center} UG. Cant be 1/100 correct. To use, share from the Wordle page in Safari. CHUMP, GUILT, DROVE I then got it in 5 and would have been unlucky to get it in 6. On your second guess, most of the time you will be playing a word to get a few more letters, rather than going for the actual solution. I dont get the stats in the first example in this article: They say this player has won 100% of her 3 games, but her current streak is 1 and her longest streak is 2. It would be irritating for someone to post that they have a 100% win rate, but omit that they bailed out of 15% of their games. Location: Hessle, East Yorkshire. The wordlestats twitter tool provides lots of data but, as others have noted, suffers from serious sampling error because of the tendency for people to tweet their better scores. Enjoy! My son is the other way round, we do have different thinking styles, I tend to a more analytical approach, he to a more visual spacial one. Words ending in e also seem to be tougher I think because there are so many of them hence shake a few days ago, you could have sha_e and it could still be shade/shake/shale/shame/shape/share/shave so anyone who started with any of those words other than shake still had a 1/6 chance of failing despite having 4 correct letters on a first guess, Update on that last comment. Whoa, did I just jinx myself?! the lowest average (what most do? The times when Ive got it in two are: Youre right. Average is 3.7. I disagree that solving in 2 is simply lucky. Its blind luck. Sharing your Wordle results on Facebook or other social media is one way to get started. Anyone who solves it within 6 chances is a Winner, no matter! Which I would never do, but, duh. ._2cHgYGbfV9EZMSThqLt2tx{margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{width:75%;height:24px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-,._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{background:var(--newCommunityTheme-field);background-size:200%;margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-{width:100%;height:46px} Couldnt finish. Who has the best average? Youre making the assumption that people are only trying to get it in two, whereas most players are probably aiming to solve it in as few tries as possible, and if they get it in two, then thats a bit of good luck. Its not just the letters you choose in your guess; its also the order of the letters that give bang for the buck. Its because missing a day ruins your streak. Others in my Wordle share group regularly hit 2 included or in place letters on their first word and regularly solve in 3. but overall weight There is a glitch in the program. So others after me dont spend an hour trying to google this simple fact. But, Wordle doesnt have a leaderboard. After playing sloppily and missing the clue word- swill- I have a streak of 122. Well, lets take a closer look at Wordle scores and statistics to find out. I was ignorant as to what was happening and how the game stats worked. What are the Average Number of Guesses in Wordle? I use this all the time of late as you can see. If you like playing Wordle, as I do, you may wonder what your average (or median) score is. When I read the instructions on how to save your Wordle in your app list, it reset my stats, but I played the word I knew to get started. I dont think there are many first guess/solution pairs that really narrow down the options to only 2 or three possible words. One could assume a lot of the first try stats came from experiences similar to mine where they knew the word when they first saved the app link on their device. Oh my GOD it was so frustrating trying to chase down this simple fact. As the length of your streak goes up you will tend to regress to the mean. I encourage people to check it out when they can. Isnt a streak a series of consecutive wins? Slow down Paul. Total: Your GPA in four subjects is 2.84. But it says so on the screen, so!!! It never occurred to me to abandon a game before a sixth and potentially failing guess to keep my 100%! Its an interesting statistical problem isnt it. So here is a handy calculator. It works well, but the day I chose not to start off with train, one of my favorites, was the day that train was the solution. I have played wordle 33 times and once got 3 green slots on the first round, viz. The Win percentage calculation program isnt factored correctly. Wordle Average Score Calculator Wordle Average Score Wordle Rack Wordle Rack 2.0 is finally here! ._1QwShihKKlyRXyQSlqYaWW{height:16px;width:16px;vertical-align:bottom}._2X6EB3ZhEeXCh1eIVA64XM{margin-left:3px}._1jNPl3YUk6zbpLWdjaJT1r{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;display:inline-block;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;padding:0 4px}._1jNPl3YUk6zbpLWdjaJT1r._39BEcWjOlYi1QGcJil6-yl{padding:0}._2hSecp_zkPm_s5ddV2htoj{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;display:inline-block;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;margin-left:0;padding:0 4px}._2hSecp_zkPm_s5ddV2htoj._39BEcWjOlYi1QGcJil6-yl{padding:0}._1wzhGvvafQFOWAyA157okr{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:14px;padding:0 4px}._3BPVpMSn5b1vb1yTQuqCRH,._1wzhGvvafQFOWAyA157okr{display:inline-block;height:16px}._3BPVpMSn5b1vb1yTQuqCRH{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-body);border-radius:50%;margin-left:5px;text-align:center;width:16px}._2cvySYWkqJfynvXFOpNc5L{height:10px;width:10px}.aJrgrewN9C8x1Fusdx4hh{padding:2px 8px}._1wj6zoMi6hRP5YhJ8nXWXE{font-size:14px;padding:7px 12px}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y{border-radius:20px}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y:hover{opacity:.85}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y:active{transform:scale(.95)} .s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);padding-top:5px}.s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f._19JhaP1slDQqu2XgT3vVS0{color:#ea0027} For some reason Wordle doesn't yet calculate this for you. My current streak is 2, what?? Eventually, your son will improve on 6-letter with repetition. main 1 branch 0 tags Code ritotn Update README.md e421c9e on Feb 27 3 commits .gitignore Initial commit 3 months ago LICENSE Initial commit 3 months ago README.md Update README.md 3 months ago calculate.py Create calculate.py 3 months ago README.md (Just the country and city). Add up the total number of guesses and divide by the number of times you have played the game. Cookie Notice Average Wordle Score and Stats: What Are They and How to Find Some. Almost all wrap up the game in 5 moves. This was my first thought as well. Other than that, I dont know how to value games lost. Since Wordle doesnt have an official leaderboard or community hub to track player scores and statistics, there are no veritable means to analyze player performance on a global scale. If it shows more numbers in 2 guesses, youre in the top 5 percentile among the Wordle players. the maximum streak (never miss a day, make sure you never lose) The equation is percentage played. UPPER-4 .FIYolDqalszTnjjNfThfT{max-width:256px;white-space:normal;text-align:center} So someone hitting it in 2 ten out of 100 times is not at all odd. I played this game for years as Jotto: Achieved with three guesses is excellent but not uncommon. Back in April Jon referenced 2309 potential solutions and 12,972 acceptable words to seek those solutions. Per the study entitled "Where in the World is the Best at Solving. Delaware trails behind at just 3.70 tries, and in third place is New Hampshire, with 3.73 tries. 4 is still excellent but people can skillfully narrow down options in first three attempts and get 4 regularly. the approach that takes the least brain power without losing (this favours fixing the operning two words rather than just one) Phil Im currently running an average of 3.82 over a 50 streak but I think a fail should be counted as some number higher than 6. Getting it on the second attempt is much harder to calculate the odds for but on average people with a vocabulary of words similar to the wordle dictionary are going to get it more often than 1/2314 (having eliminated one word with the first guess) because in many cases their first guess will have markedly reduced the list of possibles. How many days in a row have I played? Moreover, who wants to see how addicted they are?! For example, if the first guess is Shape and the solution is Shake then the rules generated by the first guess are that the solution is SHA_E and the possible solutions after the first guess are Shade, Shake, Shale, Shame, Share, Shave. 4/27 is probably quite a bit more likely than 6/35 to be honest. You will also notice that less people post their scores on the harder games. For those people, unless they're not really trying very hard, 4 isn't easy so much as normal, because they must be getting quite a few 5's as well. The Streak stat is useless, all it points out is that you forgot to play one day. However, what the 1% is useful for is giving you an idea of the weighting that needs to be applied to the self-reported scores. My question is . Green Letters Consider guessing on first attempt. My guess is the actual stats are more like 0%, 1%, 12%, 30%, 40% 12%, not discovered 4%. Some people may not yet have played. Your second choice should have been smack. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Press J to jump to the feed. That said, the unofficial numbers above could give you an inkling of your extraordinary competency if you typically solve the challenge in 3 guesses. The veggie was thus a no-brainer. I had this recently for the first three letters. ._2a172ppKObqWfRHr8eWBKV{-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;margin-right:8px}._39-woRduNuowN7G4JTW4I8{margin-top:12px}._136QdRzXkGKNtSQ-h1fUru{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin:8px 0;width:100%}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_{font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.5px;line-height:12px;text-transform:uppercase;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_,._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{margin-left:auto}._1-25VxiIsZFVU88qFh-T8p{padding:0}._2nxyf8XcTi2UZsUInEAcPs._2nxyf8XcTi2UZsUInEAcPs{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-widgetColors-sidebarWidgetTextColor)} For example, suppose we want an average of 24,55, 17, 87 and 100.Simply find the sum of the numbers: 24 + 55 + 17 + 87 + 100 = 283 and divide by 5to get 56.6.A simple problem such as this one can be done by hand without too much trouble, but for more complex numbers involving many . Same me, very different results. The same source tells me that the NYT deleted 30 words from the original solution list thus making it slightly easier to get a first guess right. The second time I got lucky with 3 greens on the first round, I went for a different strategy, by first abandoning the 3 correct letters and trying to find words with up to 4 letters of the potential missing letters, e.g P, H, M, L, T, D, V, G, R,C, , e.g. So if your goal is winning and/or exercising your mind, why would you ever play hard mode? For example. Moving on to todays game, Im proud to announce I hit 2 again! 1/20. But in regular mode you are searching for a word that incorporates at least three of potential remaining letters (g,k,l,v) and that in itself requires more strategy than the hard modes simply guessing. This was only my second time playing Wordle. the sortest time (as with Paul) I have no answer, but my Streak continues. Please do not announce the answer to todays puzzle. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. If you think about starter Shape, solution Lowly there are going to be hundreds of possible second guesses essentially every 5 letter word without the letters SHAPE, b) The average score for a given starting word gives the overall probability of the player getting a solution in two using that particular word, c) The average of all the average scores for all starting words is the overall probability of getting it in two with any starting word, Thats how to calculate it you need to download the solution list to write a program to do it and Ive resisted doing that because it would risk spoiling my own enjoyment. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Its a useless stat. I have five sets of three words, using the u/y in the third word, but rarely needing to use the third word at all. 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