A significnt update to wordle_cheat

A while ago, I wrote the wordle_cheat program. It works by calculating a list of possible words that match the clues that you have been given.

While I find the program really useful, the original version tended to over suggest i.e. it would suggest match words that I never heard of. The problem was with the dictionary I was using - it contained many obscure words that I ass a native speaker of English never heard of.

Luckily, I found a dictionary on the internet which matches the one Wordle uses to decide if a word is valid. Once I merged it with the wordle_cheat program I found it is now giving fewer, but much better suggestions.

Why not give it a whirl?

Wordle cheat becomes a proper Open Source project

 

Some time ago I wrote the wordle_cheat tool. Although I created it as an open source tool on GITHUB, I never thought anyone else would help with it's development.

I was pleasantly surprised when a user mpa-LHutchinson volunteered to fix the issue We need a better dictionary

It seem that he/she was taking part in hacktoberfest - I wish them the best of luck.

Improving your Wordle performance

The wordle game is deceptively simple. However, I find myself tempted to cheat by employing outside resources when completing a game. There are many useful tools available such as the Merriam-Webster word finder which help in some situation, but none are explicitly built to help with Wordle. So I decided to write a little python utility called Wordle Cheat which aims to help Wordle players by providing a list of dictionary words which meet the clues they have been given

Since I released the project under an open source licence, it also technically meets my retirement goal of contributing to an open source project. I hope it is useful and please let me know if you find any issues with it. Of course if anyone wants to add a new feature(s), I would be delighted.

Playing Wordle

 

Everyone seems to be obsessed with the Wordle game so I decided to give it a go. The short summary is that I am not impressed.

The game rules are very simple. You have 6 attempts to guess a 5 letter word. Each time you guess, you are told if each letter in your guess is either a correct match, a correct letter in the wrong position or not in the word at all. However, this is tricky enough to play - this forces you to use your brain which is the general idea.

The good news is that it is an easy way to pass time. The bad news is the advertisements which are constantly popping up and they seem to be deliberately hard to dismiss.