Strategy for Wordo Game

LOquence · 06-06-2008 18:51

There are over 500,000 words in English, but the average adult can only recognize 50,000 of them. You need a strategy that does not depend on knowing the word.

The words are English, but some of them are very obscure. If you go to www.google.com and enter define:whateverthewordis in the search box (with "whateverthewordis" being the word you want to know about) it will tell you about the word. If you don't find the word there, try www.morewords.com.

If you get a nonsense word that has no definition in English it doesn't really matter, you still have a very good chance of guessing it with this strategy.

I'm finding the strategy I used on the French version works pretty good on the English version.

1. The letter they give you is a free letter.

2. Backspace and test the letters A-X and Y. (If you get 6 letters before you do Y, stop this step there.) You can do A-X and Y in sequence, or you can do the vowels first. I find it easier to do A-X and Y (leaving out the free letter).

3. (a) Try to figure out the sequence. Any letters that came up in red were in the correct position. Using them as a starting point, consider the other letters and how letters are most often combined in English. Don't forget the free letter.

3. (b) In the English game there are likely to be 1 or 2 letters used twice. You would know because the first step would have found fewer than 6 letters (assuming there are no Zs). Using what you found, try to guess which letters are repeated.

4. You are left with a few of chances at guessing different arrangements.

This works pretty good for me in English. In French it worked like a dream. But French words don't seem to have as many letters used twice, and French words have fewer common sequences of letters.

You'll always loose if the word has a Z, but to test for Z wastes one of the other guesses. I think the odds of there being a Z are outweighed by the need to test for duplicate letters.

I hope this helps.
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Edited 2008-06-08.

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MsAnaliise · 06-06-2008 19:13

Thank you L'Oquence - this is VERY helpful! epingle

Cryzilla · 06-06-2008 19:37

I find it easiest to leave the first letter and do the vowels first. Then I try the letters most likely to be used, r, s, t , l, n, etc.

Zoja · 06-06-2008 20:16

What do you get when you win this game?

Buffy Anne · 06-06-2008 20:21

Zoja wrote:
What do you get when you win this game?

You get 30 BA and 0,1 IQ and if you manage to guess the word in three times also 10 BD, I guess.

Xena · 06-06-2008 20:24

you get IQ points and Bimbo dollars

Leith · 06-07-2008 00:01

Zoja wrote:
What do you get when you win this game?

I've gotten 50 BA and .2 IQ as well as 10 BD (called BO) if I win in 4 guesses.

Mellons · 06-07-2008 00:22

I just got 60 BA, 0.2 IQ and 10 BD for speed, but I got it it right the 3rd or 4th time with I usually do.

The algorithm that LOquence suggests is not a very efficient one but it seems to work at least most of the time.

I sad this in an other post already. I do not think there is even a single word in english without a vocal. Certainly none with 6 letters. Mostlikely it will have 2 or more vocals since otherwise you could not pronounce most combinations of letters.

so test for A E I O U first and if you like overwrite the first one too since you know this already and this first guess is allways lost this way. So you may as well test a letter more.

Also consider where the letters are most common.

An E (the most frequent letter in English) could accure anywhere but often as the second last (...ED) the others are more likely to accur in the beginning of the word (2nd or 3rd letter) or as the last.

Once you got the vocals try for the most frequent consonants as suggested before T R S N M L
Also consider that some combination of consonats can not be pronounced unless they are the end and start of two words like RK so this is unlikely.

Also Q does usually not occure on its own. Its usually coupled as QU and it would be the start of the word or in the middle. I don't think there is a work where this is the end.

There are not that many typical endings. ...ED, ... ER ... ES ...EN ...ING ...ION

Don't take wild guesses but do informed ones based on what you already know
this way you have no need to test all letters and have more guesses for the actual word.

AllieJay · 06-07-2008 01:25

Rhythm - 6 letters, no vowel tongue

On a side note, if the admins are able to edit words out of the list, I would suggest removing 'OPIATE' which I got earlier.

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MsAnaliise · 06-07-2008 07:58

Just bumping this thread because it may be very helpful for those who haven't seen it and need help with the new game smile

Missbeautyqueen · 06-07-2008 09:44

thanks for the tips girls! smile

Salma16 · 06-07-2008 10:52

how can you play wordo? i tried but when i press the letters nothing happens, can anyone eplain me how to start the game?
thanks

LOquence · 06-08-2008 02:48

If you think you have a word that is not a word in English, check www.google.com by searching on define:theword (substitute "theword" with the word you want) and check www.morewords.com.

So far, all the foreign and slang words have turned out to be legitimate words. Yes they are obscure words, but it is a word game.

In what kind of game do all players always win? A boring game.

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LOquence · 06-08-2008 02:51

salma16 wrote:
how can you play wordo? i tried but when i press the letters nothing happens, can anyone eplain me how to start the game?
thanks

Typing with your computer keyboard should work.

If it doesn't, which web browser are you using? Firefox works best with this website. Internet Explorer works okay. Safari and Opera have problems.

Also check which version of Adobe Flash Player you have:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/

(Today I had a problem with Mastermind. The game didn't fully load. It was a glitch. A one-time thing where the game did not fully load. That could happen with Wordo. If it does, click to refresh the web page.)

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LOquence · 06-08-2008 02:58

Mellons wrote:
The algorithm that LOquence suggests is not a very efficient one but it seems to work at least most of the time.

I think in English, because of the high number of obscure words, and the high number of 6 letter words where letters repeat, one is going to usually end up testing all the letters anyways.

But I can see no reason not to test the vowels first (other than if a player makes a mistake he wastes a guess). It should sometimes enable guessing in fewer steps.

Vipra · 06-08-2008 03:00

I have also found with www.morewords.com that you can enter in what letters you do know and a - for the letters you do not know, and it will suggest all possible words. For example, ru--er will suggest rudder, runner, ruiner etc...

I accept all no stake challenges!

Deltania · 06-08-2008 03:02

I'm going to agree that vowels followed by RSTLNM is a more efficient method. It's much easier to guess within 4 (the BD-bonus threshold) that way.

WagsMcCormick · 06-08-2008 03:46

vipra wrote:
... www.morewords.com ...

Vipra - you are my own personal heroine at the moment!! I never would have gotten "enjoin" without your suggestion. Thanks!!

And you, too, LOquence - I happened to see Vipra's post before I discovered yours, but the suggestion was aces!!

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CuteKarla · 06-08-2008 03:49

Mellons wrote:
I just got 60 BA, 0.2 IQ and 10 BD for speed, but I got it it right the 3rd or 4th time with I usually do.

The algorithm that LOquence suggests is not a very efficient one but it seems to work at least most of the time.

I sad this in an other post already. I do not think there is even a single word in english without a vocal. Certainly none with 6 letters. Mostlikely it will have 2 or more vocals since otherwise you could not pronounce most combinations of letters.

so test for A E I O U first and if you like overwrite the first one too since you know this already and this first guess is allways lost this way. So you may as well test a letter more.

Also consider where the letters are most common.

An E (the most frequent letter in English) could accure anywhere but often as the second last (...ED) the others are more likely to accur in the beginning of the word (2nd or 3rd letter) or as the last.

Once you got the vocals try for the most frequent consonants as suggested before T R S N M L
Also consider that some combination of consonats can not be pronounced unless they are the end and start of two words like RK so this is unlikely.

Also Q does usually not occure on its own. Its usually coupled as QU and it would be the start of the word or in the middle. I don't think there is a work where this is the end.

There are not that many typical endings. ...ED, ... ER ... ES ...EN ...ING ...ION

Don't take wild guesses but do informed ones based on what you already know
this way you have no need to test all letters and have more guesses for the actual word.

This is exactly what I do, it always works epingle epingle epingle

Alpha · 06-09-2008 06:33

Deltania wrote:
I'm going to agree that vowels followed by RSTLNM is a more efficient method. It's much easier to guess within 4 (the BD-bonus threshold) that way.

I did this before and it works really well. They use some of these letters in the final round of Wheel of Fortune. sourire

Kikiji · 06-09-2008 11:10

thanks very much will try it!

Lory27 · 06-09-2008 11:19

thank you
thank you

Juljil · 06-09-2008 11:43

thank you i will try it asap! now that i understand the game blebl

FoxehLoxehh · 06-09-2008 11:53

Soooo Helpful! big_smile

Mary Jayne · 06-09-2008 22:32

Thank you. I really needed help to refine my strategy!

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