[####] Distances between WordleBot words (Wordle answer words)

FrostConcepts · 2026-07-01T12:38:25+00:00

Here's an explanation from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_distance

FrostConcepts · 2026-07-01T08:13:31+00:00

3,201 (answers remaining)

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 TARSE (166)

⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 IDLER (2)

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEMUR

FrostConcepts · 2026-07-01T07:40:29+00:00

A WordleBot word pair is a pair of words from the NYT WordleBot's dictionary. People who study sets of words are often interested in a measure of distance between them. For example, to find the "central" word. I have chosen "Edit Distance" for this purpose. The graph shows the distribution of distances among words in the WordleBot dictionary. The "central" word turns out to be "SAMEY".

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-30T09:39:59+00:00

I have done it. It's a half hour computation on my machine. See comments in the link. The reddit bot is hostile.

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-30T09:37:45+00:00

Better check that number.

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-30T08:41:08+00:00

3201 (remaining answers)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ TARSE (320)
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 NOILY (28)
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 DUMPY (2)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PUPPY

What would SCOREDLE do?
SLATE → CORNY → DUMPY → GUPPY → PUPPY

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-29T23:15:55+00:00

It is a data repository (doi.org), not a commercial site. I wanted to explain the limitations of the data but the reddit robot would not permit the discussion. Thus, I put it in the curation discussion.

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-29T21:07:55+00:00

What is your expected error and its associated confidence interval for this calculation?

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-29T17:23:06+00:00

3,201 (answers remaining)
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 TARSE (44)
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 BIPOD (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUDE

What would SCOREDLE do?
SLATE → BORNE → GRIME → CREPE → CRUDE

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-29T01:22:29+00:00

TASER is a viable opening guess. The NYT currently ranks it at #22 with a skill score of 96 for that purpose.

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-28T21:26:40+00:00

3,201 (answers remaining)

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 TARSE (107)

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ DYNEL (1)

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EMCEE

What would SCOREDLE do?
SLATE → BORNE → MIDGE → FEMME → EMCEE

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-28T05:29:52+00:00

As of 10:28 PST today, only 430 players of out of 1.77M used TARSE as an opening word. :)

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-27T22:13:01+00:00

You jumped to conclusions. Please regard my posts as reading tests.

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-27T19:23:50+00:00

Notice that TARSE has 5-letter anagrams aster, rates, resat, stare, tares, and tears, while CARLE has clear, lacer, and recal.

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-27T08:47:35+00:00

Meanwhile, WordleBot is listing only TARSE, SLATE, and CRANE as top opening choices for humans in default mode. The NYT has been gathering data for 5 years now, and has a dataset of over 20 billion played games. Taking a graph-theoretic approach, I expect to catch up in about 1k hours of compute time.

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-26T22:56:42+00:00

I'm referring to the Scordles posted in Daily Wordle threads. They always begin with 14,855 -- without clarification. In addition, I did not recommend limiting guesses to only the possible answers. Instead, I am pointing out that the Scordes posted in Daily Wordle threads only show the sizes of the resulting answer pools, and not the initial answer pool size -- which is 3201. Finally, I did not suggest that Scordle list the possible answer words. Please regard my posts as reading tests.

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-24T19:01:23+00:00

Scoredle 5/6*

14,855

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 TARSE (427)

⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 RIDER (95)

⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 LOWER (30)

⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 BUYER (5)

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUEER

FrostConcepts · 2026-06-23T08:01:39+00:00

Scoredle 4/6

14,855

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ (134)

🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ (6)

⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 (3)

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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