Happy Kitten Day!
CANAL 2s: 🎷 Meg Chain, Hi T. Clout, Sven Steal. And: JD stats update, Mike’s overnumerousness.

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Happy Kitten Day!
CANAL 2s: 🎷 Meg Chain, Hi T. Clout, Sven Steal. And: JD stats update, Mike’s overnumerousness.
Wordle 1,847 2/6
⬛⬛⬛🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
STEAL left 22 possible, but 17 were used. From AXIAL, CABAL, CANAL, PUPAL, ZONAL, the third was a perfect filter — and was the answer! I now have 121 solved in 2, and 77 sea of (orange).
Well Done!
Wordle 1,847 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 STEAL 26
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 CABAL 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANAL
I thought CABAL was the perfect filter – and it was, but just not the final answer. So close to 2, but at least a sea of GREENS
Letter Frequency on unplayed words
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I found a fundamental flaw in my calculations for the number of letters left. The flaw is that I was counting the number of letters in each position. Those calculations were correct, but then I summed them together to get the total number of letters. That was also correct, but that’s not what I really wanted.
What I want is the number of words containing a letter like “E”. So, the word “EERIE” contains 3 E’s. So, it was counted 3 times. I only want to count “EERIE” one time.
Start words like ROATE are being based on the number of letters found in all 2315 words rather than the number of words containing “R, O, A, T, E”
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I found that sites like Real Statistics use the same way of counting.
So with number of letters, these are the totals.
E (1233), A (979), R (899), O (754), T (729)…
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Counting words containing these letters (not counting double letter words twice and triple letter words three times)
E (1056), A (909), R (837), O (673), T (668)…
Yeah, but JD, the order of the first 5 didn’t change. So, ROATE / ORATE were still the best guesses, right?
Not so fast! That is based on the answer list that existed on day 1.
We all know on Five Forks, that they didn’t REPEAT until 2/2/26.
So, the calculations should be done on the words that remain.
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But first lets compare the lists of the original list.
Number of letters in all the words gives us the list a lot of us know.
EAROT / LISNC / UYDHP / MGBFK / WV / ZXQJ
In mathematical tiers (where similar totals are grouped together)
E / AR / OTLIS / N / CUYDHP / MGB / FKWV / ZXQJ
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Now, by number of words containing those letters.
EAROT / LISNU / CYHDP / GMBFK / WV / XZQJ
In mathematical tiers
E / AR / OTLIS / N / UC / Y / HDP / GMB / FKWV / XZQJ
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You’ll notice that some letters switched positions.
U and C, H and D, G and M, Z and X.
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The letter order based on Words that are left for Words containing those letters!
By definition, this is a DYNAMIC list. So, it changes every day a word falls off the 2315 list!
E (205), A (186), R (185), S (166), I (156)
L (138), O (134), T (132), Y (127), N (120)
U (108), C (94), P (93), D (79), H (68)
G (67), M (65), B (56), K (48), F (43)
W (43), V (31)
Z (8), J (7), X (5), Q (3)
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You’ll notice that some letters are within 3 words.
A and R, O and T, C and P, H and G, F and W are equal!, Z, J, X and Q are very close.
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Tiers cleaned up.
EARSI / LOTYN / UCPDH / GMBKF / WV / ZJXQ
Mathematically.
E / RA / SIOLT / YNU / CPD / MGHB / KFWV / ZJXQ
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What has changed.
O and T have dropped.
S and I have moved up.
Y moved up.
C dropped.
Q and X dropped. J moved up.
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How I memorized the new letter order.
EARS, I
Like Only Things You Notice
yoU Can Push Down Harry
Give More Butt Kicking Force
WaVe
Zoltar Judges eXams Quickly
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Hey Jeb, I was getting some kind of “Too Many Requests” error when trying to access any of the feedback pages.
Not sure what that error message means. If you see it again, can you copy the full URL as well as any other text on the screen? Might help me to narrow it down between WordPress, a plugin, Cloudflare, or even the host server, HostGator.
Wordle 1,847 2/6
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ CLOUT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANAL
Been camping w/o cell signal so missed posting last few days. But had a good game today to share!
Great!
Wordle 1,847 3/6
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ALINE
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 TONAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANAL
Wordle 1,847 3/6
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ Saner
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ Light
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Canal
WordleBot 1847 3/6
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ sauce 40
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 panic #210 4
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 canal
With “Medium” repeat odds I placed a PANIC bet. No 🎰.
Wordle 1,847 3/6*
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ TREAD
⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ SPLAY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANAL
[Overnumerousness]
Got my 365 badge today! My last longest streak was 260 something.
One more goal accomplished, one more to go.
What is your next goal?
My 3s 100 ahead of my 4s.
Wordle 1,847 3/6
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ Trace
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ Soily
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Canal
I got it down to Cabal or Canal. N is more common than B in the 3rd position based on the original NYT list and canal is a much more common word than cabal. Happy to get it in 3.
Wordle 1,847 3/6
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ RAISE
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ MANGY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANAL
RAISE leaves 20 words.
Last time this pattern appeared, it was a REPEAT (BATON).
This isn’t a good pattern for RAISE and perhaps worse for ROATE.
MANGY was the same filter I used last time. It would give me MAMMA, MAMMY, MANGY. and 5 other words for a 3 (or 2).
That’s less than a %50 chance.
Fortunately, I landed the N in the right position. The Y also ruled out FANNY.
Y is present in exactly half of the answers (10). N is in 7.
I am still reviewing better 2nd guesses for this pattern.
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Green Stairway To Heaven?
Hey – thanks for the advice the other day.
I tried the “approved” list (not for my first word) and got it in 3 today.
Wordle 1,847 3/6
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ MATER
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 BACON
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANAL
You’re most welcome! I am glad it helped!
3 is good and it tied the Bot…
Wordle 1,847 3/6
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ RINSE
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ PUNCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANAL
Wordle 1,847 3/6
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ASTER
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟨 CABIN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANAL
nearly went for PU CANDY glad to get it in 3
The PU stinks! LOL
Wordle 1,847 4/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ adieu
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ toast
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ daffy
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 canal
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 REIGN
⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ PUNCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANAL
Maybe we’ll be back to actual words for a while
Wordle 1,847 3/6*
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 STEAL
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 CORAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANAL
I had a huge head start with the last two letters set. My brain said it has to be Canal (after checking FF) but then I promptly forgot – leaving me with a respectable 3.
And a J for July!
Nice 3 and J
Wordle 1,847 4/6*
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ orate
🟨⬛⬛🟩🟨 avian
🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 nasal
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 canal too many choices after my flock, an ok 4
Wordle 1,847 2/6
🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 CHAIN 7
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
good one Meg
Very nice!
Awesome!
Congrats!
Nice 2!
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ GAILY
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 FATAL (in case the T was NATAL) would’ve given me the N
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 CABAL (in case the B was BASAL)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANAL
5 words once I settled on -A-AL not -A-EL ….. no ESP this morning (well, some)
Glad you didn’t fade AA!
I meant to caption – I like the view from here 🌄
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