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  • #16
    Decided to dig into this at lunch.

    Using the scrabble dictionary, each of these letters represent the most frequent letters at each position for all five-letter words.
    1. The most common letter is S @52% of all characters. The 5th position is the most common for S @ 59.9% of words with >1 S (which answers my question earlier about words w/ S)
    2. The 2nd is E @ 51.3%. The 4th position is the most common @ 38.1%
    3. A is 3rd @ 44.8%. 2nd position is most common @ 46.4%
    4. O is 4th @ 33.4%, however, it's most common position is 2 at 46.4%. The next most is is 3rd @ 23.4% which is good for 9th overall in letters. So let's save this.
    5. R is 5th @ 32.6%, most common is 3rd position @ 28.1%
    6. I is 6th @ 29.5%. Most common is 2nd, again. Of words with I, 2nd position is 37.9% and 3rd is 28.9%, both lower than the letters above in those position. 4th position is at 22.8%, so hold that for now.
    7. L is 7th @ 27.4%, 3rd is most common at 25%, then 4th @ 22.3%, and 2nd @ 21.2%. All lower.
    8. T is 8th @ 26.0%, most common is 4th @ 27.6%. 1st is next at 24.5%, so possibly a good choice here, and 5th is next @ 21.2%.
    9. N is 9th @ 22.7%, most common is 3rd @ 32.3%. Next is 4th at 26.3%, then 5th at 18.8%
    10. D is 10th @ 19.4%, 5th @ 34.5%, 1st @ 27.0%, 4th @ 18.5%
    11. U is 11th @ 19.0%, 2nd @ 48.2%, 3rd @ 26.9%, 4th @ 15.7%
    12. C is 12th @ 16.6%, 1st @ 46.0%, 4th @ 19.7%, 3rd @ 19.3%


    If we look at the most common letters at each position across all words,
    1st Position:
    1. S @ 12.1% of ALL words
    2. C @ 7.6%
    3. B @ 6.9%
    2nd Position:
    1. A @ 17.2%
    2. O @ 15.5%
    3. E @ 12.4%

    3rd Position:
    1. A @ 9.7%
    2. R @ 9.2%
    3. I @ 8.5%

    4th Position:
    1. E @ 19.6% (again, of all words)
    2. A @ 7.8%
    3. T @ 7.2%

    5th Position:
    1. S @ 31.2%!!
    2. E @ 10.6%
    3. Y @ 10.5%

    So, do you guess AROSE which would include S @ 52.0% of all characters, E @ 51.3%, A @ 44.8%, O @ 33.4%, and R @ 32.6%?

    Or do you guess TERNS/STERN/RENTS/NERTS which has the most frequent consonants and the most frequent vowel? --> Best combo here is RENTS because it's the largest sum of frequencies for each letter at each position.

    Or do you guess CARES which has the most common letter for each position if they are in the word?


    Not sure. Most likely this isn't the right way to analyze. The best is probably finding out which is the combo of including and excluding. Maybe one letter eliminates another (think Q & U).

    But I'm sticking with #2 :-)
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    As of 9/21/10:         As of 9/13/10:
    College Hockey 6       College Football 0
    BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
    Originally posted by SanTropez
    May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
    Originally posted by bigblue_dl
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    Originally posted by Kepler
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    He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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    • #17
      https://m.fark.com/comments/12037815?from_page=main

      Obligatory.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
        My wife just showed me the game yesterday. 2 for 2 now. I’m a genus!
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        • #19
          I still don't get it.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Scarlet View Post
            I still don't get it.
            It's a word game on the internet. Not much to get.
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            • #21
              Originally posted by Scarlet View Post
              I still don't get it.
              It's the word version of the old colored pegs game where you try to guess the password and the only clues you get along the way are that after each guess you will be told 1) whether something is part of the solution and in the right spot, 2) whether something is part of the solution but in the wrong spot, and by implication 3) things which aren't in the solution.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by JF_Gophers View Post

                It's a word game on the internet. Not much to get.
                I don't get how to play it. I looked at the link the dx shared at the start of this thread and I can't figure out how to play it. s it an app? How are people sharing those graphics? What do those green/yellow/black squares mean? I'm so old.

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                • #23
                  It took me a minute but first time playing I got it in fourth round. It’s fun

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                  • #24
                    Played the first time ever. Got the word on the 4th round.
                    **NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Scarlet View Post

                      I don't get how to play it. I looked at the link the dx shared at the start of this thread and I can't figure out how to play it. s it an app? How are people sharing those graphics? What do those green/yellow/black squares mean? I'm so old.
                      You have to guess a 5-letter word.

                      To start you pick a 5-letter word at random: say P-L-A-C-E

                      After you hit enter, you will see the letters you entered turn Grey, Yellow, or Green.

                      Grey = letter not used in the word you are trying to guess.
                      Yellow = letter is used in the word, but not in the place you typed it (Say the "P" is yellow in PLACE. That means the word has "P" in it, but it is NOT the 1st letter)
                      Green = letter is in it's correct location in the word (So a green "P" means the word starts with "P")

                      It's basically a logic puzzle with a side of vocabulary.

                      Edit: It's not an App. You can play directly through the link provided in the first few posts of the thread.
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                      • #26
                        As a follow up, DX is just typing out his guesses for us, with a "_" as a gray letter guess, "o" a yellow letter guess, and "X" a green letter guess.but, he's not putting the actual letters guessed so we can't cheat.
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                        • #27
                          Yet another game that is hard for a colorblind person. :-D
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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Ralph Baer View Post
                            Yet another game that is hard for a colorblind person. :-D
                            There's a colorblind setting :-D
                            Code:
                            As of 9/21/10:         As of 9/13/10:
                            College Hockey 6       College Football 0
                            BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
                            Originally posted by SanTropez
                            May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                            Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                            I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                            Originally posted by Kepler
                            When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                            He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                            • #29
                              Wordle 202 4/6

                              o___o
                              Xo___
                              X___X
                              XXXXX

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                              KDR

                              Rover Frenchy, Classic! Great post.
                              iwh30 I wish I could be as smart as you. I really do you are the man
                              gregg729 I just saw your sig, you do love having people revel in your "intelligence."
                              Ritt18 you are the perfect representation of your alma mater.
                              Miss Thundercat That's it, you win.
                              TBA#2 I want to kill you and dance in your blood.
                              DisplacedCornellian Hahaha. Thread over. Frenchy wins.

                              Test to see if I can add this.

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                              • #30
                                I think reducing it to an algorithm defeats the purpose. Just have fun and don't worry about optimizing.

                                I'd like to form a meaningful sentence with my guesses. :-)
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